In the modern world, the image (photograph or film) is becoming a more powerful way of communicating than the written word. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays we can see a really interesting and modern trend that many people 
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more and more  pictures
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 of usual text.  Obviously, it is a new step in communication for all human society and we have to accept it and add
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 into our lives.   It is true that people already send  tons of pictures to each other every day, but how do we come to
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?
First
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of all it starts with the internet and the
smailes
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
smiles
. Back in the days people were thinking about how to explain their feelings and emotions
such
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as happiness, sadness and  smile by texting
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So the answer was found pretty quickly, it was smileys symbols which people started to
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instead
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of a long explanation about what they have in mind. Nowadays, computers and mobile phones have become a big part of our lives. Doubtlessly we
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it for many reasons and we see that it is not enough to express our feelings anymore. Nowadays, we want to see more and more pictures because they make our lives easier. 
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instance  it
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instance, it
is much easier to send a picture of bread from the shop 
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then
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than
describe which one is it, black or white  with gluten or not. Of course the advertisement industry uses
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technique as well, they always show us the best parts of any products. As a part of
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field I
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do pictures for real estate and people like it and
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they buy houses. To put it simply, people always want to make their lives easier.
This
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is how the progress works.
As a
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result we
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result, we
see that we don't have to explain our feelings deeply, we can just send a smile or another 
emoji
an iconic mental representation
image
.  Customers don't have to imagine their future apartment any more nowadays, we have
technology
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the technology
 to show it even before it is being
bild
cooked in hot water
boiled
billed
built
. I believe that pictures are already part of our language and I hope that we can
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it properly.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Visual communication
  • Emotional impact
  • Transcend language barriers
  • Universality
  • Infographic
  • Memory retention
  • Misinterpretation
  • Manipulation
  • Complementary
  • Evocative
  • Multimedia
  • Contextual understanding
  • Ambiguity
  • Visual literacy
  • Instant communication
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