Politics of Immersive and the Mediated Reality
This week focused on the different forms of reality; physical reality, news, theatre, cinema, augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality.
News, particularly these days, is scrutinised for pushing a particular narrative, albeit how fake or misleading it may be. There was a recent high-profile news story that was portrayed by the media to fit a narrative being pushed at the time.
Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot two men and wounded a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the civil unrest following the shooting of Jacob Blake. I remember seeing media portray this as a white kid shooting three black men before the trial started. All three men were white.
I don’t know enough about this story to be sure of what happened and whether I agree with the verdict, but I definitely remember there being polarised media from both Republican and Democrat supporters to fit their own narratives.
It just goes to show that if a narrative is given enough coverage and support then reality becomes whatever we want it to be, regardless of factual importance.