Media Term Thursday #19
/Verisimilitude
Appearing to be true or real.
Most viewers tend to respond to the content of media presentations as though they are very close approximations of real life situations or experiences. A high degree of verisimilitude means that the work is very believable and realistic. Verisimilitude relies on credibility, plausibility, probability, actuality and/ or truthfulness.
The willingness to suspend one’s disbelief. When the intensity of the story or interest in the characters overrides our need to believe that things are scientifically correct.
