RHETOR 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Simulacrum, Intertextuality, Hyperreality
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Images that are simulations in the entertainment industry. In concert or live performances, there is still an image: especially with the usage of smartphones, our experiences are highly mediated. But these figures are still still human and need to do things that we do. So much of world is constructed or managed images, behind which lies a messy reality we do not see. Obamas at wh trick or treat - not true. Top officials in obama administration watching bin laden"s assassination. Control the image, show what they want to be seen: american power, not. Dichotomy of disorder and order is false! Image detached itself from human cognition, operates independently of us and controls us. B: 911 is the ultimate confirmation of his theory. Image of american attack disseminated by the people without the help of terrorists. Humans have important role in the relationship with machinery. Our choice to set certain programs in motion, to put out certain images.
