The Spectacle of the Real Series

Links to a short series on the power of images and the culture of simulation.

It is difficult to imagine that much of what we see today is not a representation of reality. Instead, different types of media are either masking or replacing reality.

I addressed this reality/alt-reality distinction a decade ago. This hyperreal experience is not a pleasure cruise but rather a threat to our lives and well-being.

Linked below are my posts directly addressing The Spectacle of the Real phenomenon. I am not done addressing this context of our lives in the late modern world.

The Spectacle of the Real 10 Years Later

• The Spectacle of the Real

• The Power of Images

• Thinking about Images

• Images as the Medium of the Spectacle

• The Murder of the Real

The Culture of Simulation Series

• Reality and the Culture of Simulation: Series One

• Leadership and the Culture of Simulation: Series Two

• The Spectacle of the Real and The Five Frameworks

The Annotated Spectacle of the Real

• Introduction

• Simulating The “Real Story”?

• Spectacle as Simulated Reality