Part 4?! The internet paradigm subject is so broad and conceptual. This week we learnt about Hyperreality , Simulation and spectacle. Essentially there are 4 phases of an image: REFLECTION, MASK, ILLUSION and SIMULACRUM. Each are stages of a simulation. A reflection is a capture of a reality, a mask covers reality, an illusion is an altered reality in its absence and a simulacrum is a substitution of reality. This week’s topic is basically how EVERYTHING is perceived online. Hyperreality is an altered version of reality, a brightened, energised version of the world, false yet intellectual. It is perverted and alerting yet captures all audiences attention. Many people created these altered but popular realties. But why? is the lingering message, is hyperreality a desired implication? The pattern of internet paradigm longs this question.

reference: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Jean-Baudrillard%2C-Simulacra-and-Simulations-Baudrillard/643e68abfd0de2aa954b84473fef62779259b655