Hyperreality

we all have our own version of reality

Barthes
- 3 codes
- ways in which the producer can present meaning

Simulacra - a representation of something that never existed

Simulacra in Humans:
- The synths themselves may be seen as simulacra - copies of "perfect" humans which do not really exist
- The parallel world to our own is a hyperreality - it is the present or near future represented from a mediated perspective
- It may be argued that the series itself is a comment on the attractions of the hyperreal over the real e.g. Joe's sexual attraction to Anita (example of a patriarchal ideology) "perfect woman"



Jean Baudrillard - postmodernism
- In postmodernism culture the boundaries between the real world and the world of the media have collapsed and that it is no longer possible to distinguish between what is reality and what is simulation

What makes media products postmodern?
Lady Gaga video:
- referencing religion - christianity
- representing Jesus as a biker
- do something deliberately to annoy people



Breaking the fourth wall - character interacting with audience
Intertextuality - postmodern media products often routinely make references to other texts, cultures and times. This 'cobbling together' of disperate themes is also know as bricolage


 Intertextuality
breaking the 4th wall
Criticism of science:
Can science go too far?








Postmodernism
it is anti theory
we can apply this concept to Humans as it breaks the 4th wall
Audiences talk about it with other people

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