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This research shows people are perceived<\/a> as less powerful when they use pictures versus words. This effect was found across picture types (company logos, emojis, and photographs) and use contexts (clothing prints, written messages, and Zoom profiles). Mediation analysis and a mediation-by-moderation design show this happens because picture-use signals a greater desire for social proximity (versus distance) than word-use, and a desire for social proximity is associated with lower power. Finally, we find that people strategically use words (pictures) when aiming to signal more (less) power. We refute alternative explanations including differences in the content of pictures and words, the medium\u2019s perceived appropriateness, the context\u2019s formality, and the target\u2019s age and gender. Our research shows pictures and words are not interchangeable means of representation. Rather, they signal distinct social values with reputational consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There Are Still Some Cars That Dealers Can\u2019t Sell<\/a> Right Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sat down expecting<\/a> a narrative history of the fall of Rome, but was pleasantly surprised to find a portrait of the changing empire populated by statistics and technical hypotheses of a kind one would usually encounter in a copy of the Economist<\/em>. The first ten pages alone contain references to cosmogenic radionuclides, the Maunder Minimum and the Early Anthropocene. I confess I needed a dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Pro\u2019 has lost all meaning<\/a>, and Apple knows it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Castle Expands Partnership<\/a> with Miso Robotics to Install Flippy 2 in 100 New Locations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cities Should Not Pay<\/a> For New Stadiums<\/p>\n\n\n

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I cover Google for a living so I am obviously aware how the results page has evolved over the years. Today, I was searching for \u201chearing aids\u201d for my dad on my phone and I was stunned by the number of ads, and non-link results. It\u2019s pretty stunning pic.twitter.com\/jZZzDWRzdO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Daisuke Wakabayashi (@daiwaka) March 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n