Archive for November, 2006
“The reality shows are only side-effects, and moreover mystifying, because in indicting them as manipulation, the critics assume that there is somewhere an original form of life … This criticism is over, as is every Situationist criticism of the ’spectacle’ and the concept of ’spectacle,’ as also in substance all criticism of ‘alienation.’ Unfortunately, I [ READ MORE ]
Voltaire once commented that the Holy Roman Empire — now known as more-or-less Germany — was “neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.” How is this the case? Well, this might have been the first recorded and recognized instance of the Big Lie technique of propaganda, wherein an enormous lie is passed off as truth, to [ READ MORE ]
this is for another class; I am posting this on here for the sake of convenience when giving a seminar this week. these are ads showing the rhetoric of time/space compression as presented by telecommunications companies. they are somewhat relevant to this class as well! [ READ MORE ]