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The Effects of Photographs and Their Size on Reading and Recall of News Stories.
- Publication Year :
- 1978
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Abstract
- To determine whether readers read and recall news stories better when they are accompanied by photographs and whether photograph size affects reading and recalling, three versions of the front page of a newspaper were produced. Each version of the front page contained a news story and a related photograph which had been altered to constitute one of three experimental conditions: a large photograph condition, a small photograph condition, and a no photograph condition. In intercept interviews, 150 people were shown one of the three versions and then asked a number of questions about their reading and recall of the story. The findings suggest that not only did the use of a photograph help set the reading agenda by making the reader more aware of the news story, but the use of a large photograph seemed to be associated with a greater recall of facts in the story, picture caption, and headline. This suggests that news photographs, particularly large ones, complement rather than compete with the stories they accompany. (FL)
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- ERIC
- Notes :
- Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism (61st, Seattle, Washington, August 13-16, 1978)
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- ED159722
- Document Type :
- Speeches/Meeting Papers