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54 A2 Postmodernism Guide
54 A2 Postmodernism Guide
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Baudrillard argued that this culture perceives the copy (media
representation) as more real that the original and stated that we
live in a culture where the fake is more readily accepted than
the real and the media creates hyper-reality. He give the example
of the commercial success of the rock band Spinal Tap (both in
terms of concerts and album sales) when the band were in fact
actors who became famous in a spoof documentary. They were
a simulacrum of a rock band.
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