There is no question that we have become a visual society! Possibly, in the act of persuading one could argue which method, verbal or visual, is most effective. I think it is all relevant to the audience. When addressing a young group of second graders they are much more likely to respond to a massive bright bold picture, than a slide of written words. The youth has become much more responsive to images while maybe older people respond similarly to a speech.

ie. Friday's presentation. If the people from Invisible Children were to stand in front of us rambling on about the crisis in Uganda, sadly the attention of the audience most likely would have been dull, yet when we WATCHED teenagers a lot like ourselves suffer or we were given a face as a symbol of the issue in majority we listened attentively and the presentation reached us on a more powerful level.

Media and visual stimulation has overtaken our society. Communicating simply through face to face dialogue is quickly decreasing. With access to things like facebook, instant messaging, and picture texts the rising generation are more familiar and comfortable exchanging with visual support.

It is simply more effective to argue in a visual manner. While other methods of argument can be successful, an image is much more simple and most likely more powerful.