Advanced search

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays matching the above criteria.

  1. 1. ”The shrieking of nothing is killing me” : Representations of society of the spectacle and hyperreality in David Bowie’s lyrics

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Mariann Gabrielsson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This text explores how the lyrics of David Bowie can be applied as supporting the critique against hyperreality and society of the spectacle, as articulated by Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard. This is done by focusing on three questions: 1) what elements in Bowie’s lyrics support Debord and Baudrillard, 2) how can these elements function to portray Bowie as primarily a sociologist and secondly an artist, and 3) what are the benefits of using fiction (in this case lyrics) as empirical material? From a theoretical framework building on Debord’s society of the spectacle and Baudrillard’s focus on hyperreality, I will apply a two-folded methodology of sociology through literature and socio-poetics. READ MORE

  3. 2. But why? A study into why upper secondary school students use ChatGPT : Understanding students’ reasoning through Jean Baudrillard’s theory

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Aliser Bulduk; [2023]
    Keywords : ChatGPT; Survey; Baudrillard; Hyperreality.;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to better understand the reasons as to why upper secondary school students use ChatGPT, how history teachers are dealing with this technology and how these developments will affect the history subject. This was done via a survey for students at a upper secondary school in Gothenburg, Sweden, and semi-structured interviews with two teachers at the same school. READ MORE

  4. 3. "What stunning brilliance, what modern veracity:" Jean Baudrillard's America as a Reluctantly Romantic Document

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Viktor Kovacs; [2022]
    Keywords : Jean Baudrillard; America; Romanticism; modernity; postmodernity; hyperreality; disenchantment; sublime; nature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE

  5. 4. Fangoso Lagoons: Hyperreality and Imaginary Stations in The Crying of Lot 49

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Engelska

    Author : Shane Glennon; [2022]
    Keywords : Postmodernism; hyperreality; imaginary station; Jean Baudrillard; Umberto Eco; Disneyland; Thomas Pynchon; The Crying of Lot 49; Fangoso Lagoons;

    Abstract : This essay analyses Thomas Pynchon’s novel The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) in relation to postmodern literary theory, specifically the concepts of hyperreality and imaginary stations. In Simulacra and Simulation (1981), Jean Baudrillard proposes that the Disneyland theme park in California is an imaginary station that conceals the fact that it is the world outside of Disneyland that is hyperreal. READ MORE

  6. 5. Talking in circles. A semiotic analysis of sustainability reporting in the Swedish heavy industries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Claes Arvid Hyllienmark; [2021]
    Keywords : sustainability reporting; post-structuralism; semiotics; structuralism; strategic communication; hyperreality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How publicly traded companies perform with regards to environmental sustainability is receiving increasing attention both by investors and in society in general. Annually released sustainability reports are an important tool for public companies to disclose information relating to their environmental performance. READ MORE