Anchorage

The use of words to guide an audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The use of one element, often words accompanying an image, to narrow possible interpretations and guide audiences towards an intended meaning.

Anchorage occurs when another element, often a headline or caption, narrows those possibilities and guides the audience towards an intended meaning.

Words accompanying an image that guide the audience towards a particular interpretation of it.

Use terminology accurately: written words are verbal codes; images are non-verbal codes. Anchorage describes how words guide the interpretation of an image.

The use of words, such as a headline or caption, to guide the interpretation of an image.

The use of words to guide the audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The use of one element, often words, to narrow the possible meanings of another element, such as an image.

The use of words to guide how an audience interprets an image.

Text that guides an audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The use of words, such as a headline or caption, to guide how an audience interprets an image.

The way accompanying words, such as a caption, headline or voiceover, guide the interpretation of an image.

Anchorage occurs when accompanying words guide the audience towards a particular interpretation. Headlines and captions can anchor still images; dialogue or voiceover can anchor moving images.

The use of accompanying words, such as a caption or headline, to guide the interpretation of an image.

The way words guide the interpretation of an image towards a particular meaning.

The way text guides the audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The way text guides an audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The way accompanying words guide an audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The way accompanying words guide an audience’s interpretation of an image.

The way accompanying text guides the interpretation of an image.

The use of text to guide how an audience interprets an image.

The way one element, often written text, guides an audience towards a particular interpretation of another element.

The way text or another element guides the audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The way words guide an audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

The way text guides an audience’s interpretation of an image.

Text that guides an audience towards a particular interpretation of an image.

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