Modern Media Phenomenon

Authors

  • Erika Prijatelj University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/pch.855

Keywords:

media culture, creativity, reality show, sports, entertainment, values, ethics, post-modern capitalism

Abstract

Contemporary media culture is defined by the logic of the victorious spectacle expanding to all areas of life. Post-modern capitalism has turned everyday life and culture into entertainment with the help of the spectacular. In fact, such entertainment results in a fake sense of happiness, pop mainstream, the swallowing up alternatives and therefore the creation of a passive consumer society. The media today have a unique power of overwhelming a person with information. They enable a modern person to know much, but understand little. This discussion has cast some light on very popular reality shows, the body and sports. It concludes with a reflection on modern media, which leave a person of this age with a patchwork identity.

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Published

2011-10-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)

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