Beobachtungsgefühl

Beobachtungsgefühl Part 1

Beobachtungsgefühl Part 2

Shot Script

Shooting behind the scenes

The Internet presents a reality caught in abstraction, leaving it difficult to truly understand its power and influence on contemporary society.  It presents an alternative mode of communication and connection that is undeniably different from traditional human interaction.  It is, essentially, a blank slate through which many people have created altered identities, presenting themselves how they wish to be seen.  It also allows for the synthesis of new identities altogether.  In some cases, people have put forth hyper-real versions of themselves, taking advantage of the minimum consequence environment the Internet cultivates.  Samantha has already talked about the proliferation of the Internet in the form of ambient awareness (a term coined by Clive Thompson) and Bethany has discussed how we created these alternate versions of ourselves in cyberspace in an effort to gain the approval of those around us.  I hope to bring to light the implications of these explorations by looking at the Internet through a reappropriated look at Michel Foucault’s Panopticon.

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