Questions on Baudrillard

1. Explain simulacrum and hyperreality by using your own words and an example of your own.

2. How does a consumer based society feed into the hyperreal?

3. What is the role of the media and internet in creating simulacra? Choose one of the examples given in the text to support your answer.

4. What does Baudrillard think has happened to History?

5. Do you think the current emphasis on 'Reality TV' programming shows frees us from the clutches of hyperreality? Explain.

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