Proof that oral communication is more powerful than text?
July 16, 2015
Study finds that audiences respond more favorably to a proposal read aloud than to one in print.
A speechwriter-friendly study finds: Spoken words are more powerful than written ones. A University of Chicago study reported on in The New York Times found differing audience reactions to the same proposal, delivered orally versus read in a transcript. The audience that heard the pitch rated the delivererโs intellect more highly than did the one that read the transcript. The co-author, behavioral science professor Nicholas Epley, concludes that vocal cues โshow that we are alive insideโthoughtful, active โฆ Text strips that out."