Hyper reality - Perspectives
This week’s lecture was on Hyper reality. Research Simulacra and simulation - Jean Baudrillard David Boyle - Authenticity Definitions Pornification - the increasing occurrence and acceptance of sexual themes and explicit imagery in popular or mainstream culture (3rd Order) Hyper realism - particularly highly realistic, to the point of being more real than real Simulation - imitation of a situation or process Simulacra - an image or representation of someone or something Fake news - false stories that appear on the news, internet or in other media, usually to influence politics or opinions Simulacra and Simulation is a philosophical treatise by Jean Baudrillard Human experience - simulation of reality rather than reality itself An individual in a postmodern world is an entity influenced by media, technological experience, and the hyper real “We live, not inside reality, but inside our representations of it.” Hyper reality makes concrete something th