Images make factual claims more fluently processable and believable

Evidence

One way to make the truth stand out more is via the use of images. Images can help make the truth more fluent† – for example, by highlighting what we intuitively recognize as big and small numbers. This is justified when the images help represent the magnitude of the actual numbers. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 105

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Adding a photo raises the judged truth of any accompanying claim — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 85; Photographs claim documentary truth but always embed their makers’ assumptions — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 1049; Descriptions can become true because people act on them believing they are true — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 577 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Realist details persuade via metonymy and a borrowed air of observational fidelity. #expands (0.85)
• Descriptions can become true because people act on them believing they are true #expands (0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 577
• Photographs claim documentary truth but always embed their makers’ assumptions #qualifies (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1049
• People act on media-formed images of reality more than on direct experience. #corroborates (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 714
• Unchallenged assertions gain credibility with passive audiences #corroborates (0.78) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 263
• Repeated exposure alone makes false statements seem more credible to anyone #corroborates (0.75) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 285