In time of war, how do visual images impact on the audience's reactions to events?

Answer 1

They do their impact. However, sometimes some kind of "media" lie about the facts of war, and then they do a destructive "job". The best example to this is the wars in the Balkans in the 1990s. In Muslimanija (Islamic Bosnia), there is a newspaper called "Dani". This paper (in Islamic Bosnia, whose journalists-I assume-are Islamic fanatics) is more objective then Israeli and mainstream Western newspapers. Izetbegovic, a former SS troop, who later became the ruler of Muslimanija, wrote a book, "The Islamic Declaration". Ha-Modia is an Israeli "ultra orthodox" newspaper. There was a time I used to write on public places in Israel: Ha-Modia newspaper=The Islamic Declaration.

Answer 2

Visual Images can change the view of the way events look to the audience, therefore changing the way the audience reacts.

Answer 3

GIANT impact.
Visual images swayed the tide of public sentiment when the ppl were shown horrors f/ the "Tet Offensive" that revealed a major struggle about a war in Viet Nam that our government was claiming that we were winning.
Bush used visual imaging about babies being slaughtered (nothing visually graphic was shown but we were exposed to seeing ppl descibing the atrocities, placing the images in our minds) in Iraq to gain support for his invasion.

Answer 4

It hits the heart!!!!!!!!Without the pictures a lot would just ignore the stories, because they don't read them, but pictures jump out at you....they grab you then they are gone....your choice to turn them off fades before you have a chance.....Good for photojournalism.

Answer 5

picture speaks a thousand words...images convey feelings that can never be described by words alone...and can move mountains