Apart from visuals being one of the best ways to grab an audience's attention, front page texts are very important as well because some people may care more about headlines than visuals. Those first couple of large words that you read on the cover of something can either leave you uninterested or curious. Many people don't realize that much like visuals, headlines are a way of persuasion, the goal is to capture a reader's attention immediately. Before looking into it I never really thought about it this way.
When a media source has a headline that seems compelling, they are going to capture more attention. The two examples from my last post are a great example for this as well, one front page is titled, "Iraq War 2003-2011" with the headline, "Baghdad Falls" and another is titled, "Terrorist Attacks of Sept. 11, 2001" with the headline, "America's Darkest Day." Which headline sounds more dramatic and interesting? Without even giving it much thought I would immediately click on the headline that says, "America's Darkest Day." The rhetoric behind this headline captures the audience immediately. It brings out emotions, it gets the reader wondering, it even makes the reader feel somewhat in danger, while the other headline does not, or at least not to the same extent. If a front page lacks a good visual, it can make up for it with an intriguing headline, but if it has both, it is likely to do even better.
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