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Session 7 Wed 17 Nov: Surveillance, spectacle, simulation

Reality is to do with meaning and representation, integral reality, which means that it has no boundaries and everything is realized and technically materialized without any references to the final purpose. everyone responds on media’s power in today’s society, we are reminded of this and know very well how media has taken over our thoughts and the way we behave. What we see, we must believe in it, not because we are sure it is reality, but because we think what is shown is the truth. Every part in media has been simulated.

A point Baudrillard is trying to make is that simulations have devoured reality, and that models have taken “precedence over things.” Too much reality has resulted in saturation and explosion.

Baudrillard argues that nothing has the same meaning anymore once it has been confronted not with its unfinished form, but with its accomplished or even excessive form

Spectacle

Way of seeking attention. Another word for the spectacle is the media.

Mediation: Reality is mediated by images; media has taken all aspects of our lives

Simulation:

Art loses value as it is reproduced. Benjamin uses the idea as “aura”.