Re:Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her co...
by datavirtue on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:10PM
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A huge swath of the population thinks life is a TV show. Not consciously, but in the back of their mind because they have spent so much time living through entertainment.
"To the Capital building...this should be fun!!" Hahaha....
Re:Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her co...
by dylan604 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:14PM
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Or how the real houswives are really not acting or any reality tv show is not make-believe for entertainment purposes.
Re:Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her co...
by wizofaus on Thursday July 14, 2022 @05:48PM
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"By default, I assume that if it captured on camera, it has been planned/staged/etc for the explicit purpose of being shown to people" - I'm genuinely curious, you'd include much of the war footage that's come out of Ukraine recently? I've no doubt a certain amount of it is "stage managed" and carefully edited to come across on TV as strikingly as possible, but to imply that most of it (including secret-filmed footage of POWs being marched off and later shots of their bodies etc.) is staged for the explicit purpose of being shown is a big claim.
(Technically your initial claim is almost tautological, but I assume you meant "shown for purposes other to genuinely convey information about the real world")
Re:Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her co...
by dylan604 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @09:46PM
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I feel like you're trying to add something to it that's not there. I never claimed that everything is fake that is out there, only that I assume it is until verified later. I don't consume social media, and the only time I see stuff is when people directly link to it. However, my personal position is that if it is coming out on social media first, in my mind it absolutely 100% gets flagged as potentially fake/needs verification. And if you think the Ukraine content isn't being PR managed by either side, then I think maybe you're their target audience.
This is where working in the entertainment industry has jaded me a bit. By default, I assume that if it captured on camera, it has been planned/staged/etc for the explicit purpose of being shown to people. With social media, I think it has been turned up to an 11 as everyone is trying to become social media famous. It takes a bit of convincing for me to believe that something is truly real at this point.
Due to the "inside baseball" knowledge of how fake everything is on film/TV, I find it sad that so so many people fall for thinking something is real and actually needs this kind of disclaimer.