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Thursday’s essay, “If truth is to prevail, image consumption must be replaced by word devotion,” is written to not only show the power that images have in our society but, too, how they overshadow the effect of words not only in their impact but in their pervasiveness as well. People today — because of their conditioning — will almost always prefer the image to the written word, and that presents a significant problem. It is that “problem” that Thursday’s essay confronts and discusses.

Share your And Then Some Story about image effectiveness. Are you a person who has been influenced by images? Or, do you prefer reading? How did this preference occur? In what ways has it contributed to your success in or understanding of the world? What images have been most effective in your life? We would love to hear your story. Do you have a friend, a family member, a neighbor, or someone you just know from a distance who is or has been significantly influenced by images? Can you tell his or her story? Feel free to use a pseudonym for the person’s real name. With the pervasiveness and influence of images, is there any way to promote reading and the importance of the written word?

And Then Some Essay - July 10, 2008
If truth is to prevail, image consumption must be replaced by word devotion
by Richard L. Weaver II

Excerpt:
We live in a mediated blitz of images. They fill our newspapers, magazines, books, clothing, billboards, computer monitors, and television screens as never before in the history of mass communication. We are becoming a visually mediated society. For many — especially those who have been raised and nurtured in a television/Internet culture — understanding the world is being accomplished, not through reading words, but by absorbing and digesting images. Reading is losing to watching because viewing requires little mental processing.
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