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Theaveragepersonseestensofthousandsofimagesaday--imagesontelevision,innews-papersandmagazines,andonthesidesofbuses.ImagesalsogracesodacansandT-shirts,andIn-ternetsearchenginescaninstantlyprocureimagesforanywordyoutype.OnFlickr.com,aphoto-sharingWebsite,youcantypeinawordsuchas"love"andfindphotosofcouples
inembraceorparentshuggingtheirchildren.Typein"terror",andamongtheresultsisaphotographoftheWorldTradeCentertowersburning."Rememberwhenthiswasashockingimage?"asks
theper-sonwhopostedthepicture.
Thequestionisnotmerelyrhetorical.Itpointstosomethingimportantaboutimagesinourcul-ture:theyhavebecomelessmagicalandlessshocking.Untilthedevelopmentofmassreproduc-tion,
imagescarriedmorepowerandevokedmorefear.
Today,anyonewithadigitalcameraandaPCcanproduceandalteranimage.Asaresult,thepoweroftheimagehasbeendilutedinonesense,butstrengthenedinanother.Ithasbeendilu-tedby
theubiquityofimagesandthemanypopulisttechnologies(likeinexpensivecamerasandpicture-editingsoftware)thatgive,almosteveryonethepowertocreate,distort,andtransmitima-ges.Butithasbeenstrengthenedbythegradualsurrenderoftheprintedwordtopictures.Textce-dedto
imagemightbelikenedtoanarticulatepersonbeingrenderedmute,forcedtocommunicateviagestureandexpressionratherthanlanguage.
Weloveimagesandthedemocratizingpoweroftechnologiesthatgiveusthecapabilitytomakeandmanipulateimages.Whatwearelesseagertoconsiderarethebroaderculturaleffectsofa
societydevotedtotheimage.Historiansandanthropologistshaveexploredthestoryofmankind'smovementfromanoral-basedculturetoawrittenculture,andlatertoaprintedone.Butinthepastseveraldecadeswehavebeguntomovefromaculturebasedontheprintedwordtoonebasedlargelyonimages.
Inmakingimagesratherthantextsourguide,areweopeningupnewvistasforunderstandingandexpression,creatinganewformofcommunicationthatis"betterthanprint,"assomescholars
haveargued?Orarewemerelymakingapeculiarandunwelcomereturntoformsofcommunica-tiononceascendantinpreliteratesocieties?
Twothingsinparticularareatstakeinourcontemporaryconfrontationwithanimage-basedculture.First,technologyhasconsiderablyunderminedourabilitytotrustwhatwesee,yetwehavenotadequatelygrappledwiththeeffectsofthisonournotionsoftruth.Second,ifweare
in-deedmovingfromtheeraoftheprintedwordtoaneradominatedbytheimage,whatimpactwillthishaveon.culture?Willwebecometooeasilyaccustomedtoverisimilarratherthan
truethings,preferringappearancetorealityandintheprocessrejectingthedemandsofdisciplineandpatiencethattruethingsoftenrequireofusifwearetounderstandtheirmeaningand
describeitwithpreci-sion?
Thefirstparagraphofthetexttellsusthat A．weareexposedtoamultitudeofimageseveryday.
B．consumergoodswithimageslookmoregraceful.
C．theInternetcaninstantlypresentimagesofanythingwewanttobuy.
D．Internetsearchenginesgiveusundesiredandshockingimages.
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