Visual Persuasion in the Digital Age Presented by Edward Schiappa Professor of Compara,ve Media Studies Head of Compara,ve Media Studies/Wri,ng, MIT Sloan Moderated by Dr. Peter Hirst Execu,ve Director, MIT Sloan Execu,ve Educa,on February 5, 2015 MIT Sloan Executive Education Webinar – http://executive.mit.edu Twitter: #MITWEBINAR
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Visual Persuasion in the Digital Age
Presented by Edward Schiappa Professor of Compara,ve Media Studies
Head of Compara,ve Media Studies/Wri,ng, MIT Sloan
Moderated by Dr. Peter Hirst Execu,ve Director, MIT Sloan Execu,ve Educa,on
February 5, 2015
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MIT Sloan Execu,ve Educa,on, Edward Schiappa, and his course: Communica+on and Persuasion in the Digital Age
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ABOUT Edward Schiappa
• Professor and Head of Compara,ve Media Studies/Wri,ng in MIT’s
School of Humani,es and Social Sciences, where he holds the John E. Burchard Chair of Humani,es
• In 2009, he was named a Dis,nguished Scholar by the Na,onal Communica,on Associa,on for his original research in persuasion, media effects, and argumenta,on
• Among his research accomplishments is the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis, a theory of how mass media influences percep,ons of social groups
• He is the former editor of the journal Argumenta+on & Advocacy and author of numerous books on persuasion and argumenta,on, most recently Argumenta+on: Keeping Faith With Reason (Pearson, 2014)
• He graduated magna cum laude from Kansas State University and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Communica,on Studies from Northwestern University
• Prior to MIT, Professor Schiappa was Director of Graduate Studies in Communica,on at Purdue University and Chair of the Department of Communica,on Studies at the University of Minnesota
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Help Me Make a Decision
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CommunicaOon begins with a Sender: Your Iden&ty is the leading edge of Your Messages.
Three IniOal Lessons
#1: Think of Visual & Verbal as Different Media.
Visual Persuasion is Important!
• Different part of the brain involved in processing images versus words.
• We are constantly bombarded by visual sOmuli that we decode, rapidly and o]en “unconsciously.”
• How do these two photos differ?
Our brains engage in what can be called “dual coding.”
This simply means that we process verbal and nonverbal sOmuli differently and we are not as consciously aware of the “work” nonverbal messages may be doing as we are with verbal messages.
#2: Visual is King in a Digital Era
• Our “cogniOve load” (how hard we have to think) is similar with aural and visual sOmuli.
• However, visual memory is stronger & more accurate than aural memory.
#2: Visual is King in a Digital Era
• Our “cogniOve load” (how hard we have to think is similar with aural and visual sOmuli.
• However, visual memory is stronger & more accurate than aural memory.
• When paired with evoca&ve s&muli, this makes Visual King in the Digital Era.
Tony Schwartz’s “Responsive Chord” • Schwartz was a pioneering ad producer, creator of the “Daisy commercial.”
• The key with electronic media is to “increase evocaOve sOmuli,” not “informaOon.”
Watch & Listen Carefully
Note what was & wasn’t said
• No real “content” offered about their product.
• A story is told designed to elicit a specific emoOonal response that one associates with the product. That’s “evocaOve sOmuli.”
Lesson #3:
Mediated IdenOty = Real IdenOty.
Our research shows we make the same judgments about mediated IdenOOes as
“in person” IdenOOes. A:rac&veness
Our research shows we make the same judgments about mediated IdenOOes as
“in person” IdenOOes. Trustworthiness
Our research shows we make the same judgments about mediated IdenOOes as
“in person” IdenOOes. Likeability
Our research shows we make the same judgments about mediated IdenOOes as
“in person” IdenOOes. Predictability
What do you think of this couple?
Frank Tutzauer, SUNY Professor & Department Chair
We are Hard Wired for Quick Judgments
Master Your Message #1: Think of Visual & Verbal as Different Media. #2: Visual is King in a Digital Era. #3: Mediated IdenOty = Real IdenOty.
Polling QuesOon
Please give us your input
Digging Deeper…
Mastering the Syntax and SemanOcs of Visual Language.
Visual Syntax: A Grammar of Images
1. Linkages: PosiOve or negaOve associaOons 2. Causes: False Cause, more o]en than not 3. Analogies: X is like Y 4. Dilemma: Either X or Y, not-‐X, therefore Y
Linkage Example: Daisy Commercial
Causal Link Example: Zest
Visual SemanOcs
1. Costuming & Props (babies, tanks) 2. Sepng (flag, farms, home) 3. ConnotaOons of Camera Angles 4. Mood of EdiOng and Speed of MoOon 5. Use of Characters (SimplisOc, Stereotypes)
• Note that most messages combine verbal & nonverbal components.
• Memory studies suggest that visual images have a bigger impact, hence it is the pictures that do the most significant persuasive work.
Your Turn
• Think about how you could put into pracOce one of the concepts you have learned today about visual persuasion.
• How can your online image & self-‐representaOon be improved?
• How would you respond to a rival company’s “aKack” ad about your product/company?
For Q&A
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Featured Reading Argumenta+on: Keeping Faith with Reason Edward Schiappa (Pearson, 2014)
The Responsive Chord Tony Schwartz (Doubleday, 1974)
S+ll Life with Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics Laurie Gries (Utah State University Press, 2015)
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Featured Reading Cont’d
Show, Don’t Just Tell: The Persuasion Strategies Visual Persuasion Study Ken Broda-‐Bahm (April, 2012) www.persuasionstrategies.com/sites/default/files/publica,ons/pdf/Visual_Presenta,on.pdf New York Law School, Visual Persuasion Project www.visualpersuasionproject.com
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