Laura Allgrove

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

@COMM365_Leigh Do you choose the blue one or the red one? #thematrix

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

@COMM365_JennG @COMM365_Martin I'd guess in their FB #simulacra people are listening - actuality doesn't count in simulacra land

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Feminism and Postmodernism in Film https://t.co/wuTfVLpXng Peeping Tom vs American Psycho

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Kind of a scary notion if "nothing is like the real thing" is applied to a shoot em up video game. https://t.co/6K3i1NqjiO

[Vanessa Oishi @COMM365_Vanessa]

@COMM365_LucasW nothing is like the real thing this will only ever be a simulation. Although not having huge lines would be nice.

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

@COMM365_JennG @COMM365_Leigh Could skype be a simulacra?

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

The article posted by the nytimes is not a bad story but cbc's version turned it into Millennial bashing "snake people"? @COMM365_Olivia

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Inclusive simulacra says "everyone with talent can make it" but the ideology simulacra says "No, just teasing you".

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

@comm365_Nicki I watch The Voice, 1st the contestants are judged by their talent but once in it turns into a popularity contest again

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

technology can create groups of people across the world but does not create togetherness with the actual people themselves @COMM365_Leigh

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

But why is there a need to escape? I say it's because of society's advertised ideology @comm365_tara @COMM365_Maddie @comm365_chase

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

US Army "open the channel between the human brain and modern electronics" article https://t.co/xRYZ2c2Jbz

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

@COMM365_lucasd @COMM365_Maddie Which leads to suggesting humans are lazy so simulation is easier?

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Different perspective - look at social media posts as people’s goals rather than bragging article https://t.co/OLfO0jup8W

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

absolutely - advertiser know you "need" to drink water to live but "want" you to pick their brand of water. https://t.co/6qE8y5OYzy

[Madeleine Burlin @COMM365_Maddie]

.@comm365_laura @COMM365_Megan I think marketers have become very skilled at blurring line between wants & needs..

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Isn't it all? Advertising is about "wants' (new car, new cell, to be popular) while "needs" are love, shelter, food & water. @COMM365_Megan

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

@COMM365_Tamara Male-gaze? If women r viewed as sexual objects in movies is there a cross over & women are also sexual objects online?

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Cyber bulling - 73% of women have been exposed to online violence https://t.co/YQezZXW0Yu @COMM365_Emily @comm365_mohin @COMM365_Tamara

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

article on augmented reality technology https://t.co/3zTdDTPYnm

[Laura Allgrove @comm365_laura]

Media driven commodity advertising that created consumer culture also created the ideal fantasy world @COMM365_Jacquie @COMM365_Megan