Post Modernity

Question 1

Post modernity

Answer 1

Truth is relative

• consumerism is all
• transformation of the self
• uncertainty
• fragmentation of social life

Question 2

Globalisation

Answer 2

Jean Baudrillard

- just consumers whose desires are created by the media

Question 3

Simulcra

Answer 3

Make believe, no relation to the real world

Question 4

Hyper reality

Answer 4

Surrounded by ecstasy of communication

Question 5

Disneyland

Answer 5

Simulacra, artificial yet ‘real’

- power of symbol over substance

Question 6

Jean Francios Lyotard

Answer 6

Science helped destroy meta narratives

Question 7

Knowledge is…

Answer 7

No longer a choice of authorities

- choice/ freedom

Question 8

‘Reality tv’

Answer 8

Interchange between consumer and media

Question 9

‘Real people like

Answer 9

Observe and scrutinise