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News stories on TV and in newspaper are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this?

News stories on TV and in newspaper are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this? B2P6
A picture speaks louder than a thousand words, and our brain can understand illustrations clearly than words. So that's why stories in TV and newspapers are accompanied by more pictures than words for the sake of clarity and visualization. In my opinion, these photographs are more effective than merely written words. First of all, the photograph is a handy tool to attract the target audience. People are desperately busy in this fast-paced world and they hardly have time to read the entire newspaper. If reporters can capture the essence of what they want to convey with a photograph, then audiences will most likely look at the picture and read a few lines to get the message. A fairly new study in my country reveals that more than 80% of newspaper and magazine readers look at the picture and heading to decide whether to read the news article or to skip it. They often give the pictures a cursory glance to get the message conveyed and do not have the time to read the whole stories. Secondly, pictures are used to epitomize situations. It is more likely difficult to imagine the predicament of hundreds of refugees. But people can comprehend a gaunt woman, with no food to feed her baby, looking at her infant starve. They can conjure up the despair of myriad refugees as their window of hope is shut in the face. No matter how hard we try, we will not be able to depict some events with only words. Last but not least, pictures are used in pursuit of engagement. Written text alone, very often, is not that engaging. Which is why sometimes the written text is related to the context through the pictures. A single photograph, in many cases, is incredibly powerful, that can change public opinion dramatically. Photographs published in American newspaper during the Vietnam War exemplify how powerful they were and still are. In conclusion, a picture is worth a thousand words and it is specifically true about the mass media. They are essential in media because they attract and engage the audience as well as outlines the situation in an easily understandable format.
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speaks louder than a thousand words, and our brain can understand illustrations
clearly
than words.
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So
that's why stories in TV and
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newspapers
are accompanied
by more
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pictures
than words for the sake of clarity and visualization. In my opinion, these
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photographs
are more effective than
merely
written words.

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First of all
, the
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photograph
is a handy tool to attract the target audience.
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People
are
desperately
busy in this
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fast
-paced
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world and
they hardly have time to
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read
the entire
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newspaper
. If reporters can capture the essence of what they want to convey with a
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photograph
, then audiences will most likely look at the
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picture
and
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read
a few lines to
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get
the message. A
fairly
new study in my country reveals that more than 80% of
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newspaper
and magazine readers look at the
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picture
and heading to decide whether to
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read
the news article or to skip it. They
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often
give the
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pictures
a cursory glance to
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get
the message conveyed and do not have the time to
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read
the whole stories.
Secondly
,
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pictures
are
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used
to epitomize situations. It is more likely difficult to imagine the predicament of hundreds of refugees.
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But
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people
can comprehend a gaunt woman, with no food to feed her baby, looking at her infant starve. They can conjure up the despair of myriad refugees as their window of hope
is shut
in the face. No matter how
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hard
we try, we will not be able to depict
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events
with
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not least,
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in pursuit of engagement. Written text alone,
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, is not that engaging. Which is why
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sometimes
the written text
is related
to the context through the
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pictures
. A single
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photograph
, in
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many
cases, is
incredibly
powerful, that can
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change
public opinion
dramatically
.
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Photographs
published in American
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newspaper
during the Vietnam War exemplify how powerful they were and
still
are.

In conclusion
, a
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picture
is worth a thousand words and it is
specifically
true about the mass media. They are essential in media
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because
they attract and engage the audience
as well
as outlines the situation in an
easily
understandable format.
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IELTS essay News stories on TV and in newspaper are very often accompanied by pictures. Some people say that these pictures are more effective than words. What is your opinion about this?

Essay
  American English
4 paragraphs
359 words
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