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For my friends who are professional visual journalists, please be careful about the images you use about hoarding or anything do with #coronavirus ; images are powerful, handle with care (a thread) http://tinyurl.com/v95hf6b ">https://tinyurl.com/v95hf6b&q...
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Because of visual primacy, humans are prone to believe what they see more than what they read or hear, so if you show empty shelves, even in a story telling folks to remain calm-- they won& #39;t. (See Cappella & Jamieson, 1994) 2/6
Images are also particularly good at inspiring negative emotions, like fear, so if people see empty shelves they *might not even read* the story telling them to remain calm
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Solutions journalism, an approach that encourages coverage that focuses on what is being done, or can be done, is both visual and verbal -- see (Lough & McIntyre, 2019) & see http://solutionsjournalism.org"> http://solutionsjournalism.org @KyserL 4/6
Which means that if you want to send the message to people to remain calm, it& #39;s better to choose an image that matches the message, as with this @nytimes piece http://tinyurl.com/qwe5pk4 ">https://tinyurl.com/qwe5pk4&q... 5/6
So, in a way, visual journalists need to take Mr. Rogers advice and look for (or in this case focus on) the helpers. Images are powerful, handle with care! 6/6
