In “The Social Construction of Reality‚” by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann‚ the authors performed a sociological analysis of the reality of everyday life. The goal of the article was to analyze everyday life not in a scientific way‚ but in an empirical fashion. An empirical analysis was wanted most likely because the authors wanted to observe and analyze the everyday life from the multiple perspectives that it exists in‚ and not just from a completely scientific and logical viewpoint. Right
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Jane McGonigal‚ a game designer‚ became known for location-based and alternate reality games. Her first book; “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World” CITATION Jan11 \l 1033 (McGonigal)‚ was published in 2011. Jane argues that games contribute powerfully to human happiness and stimulation‚ a sense of purpose and the augmentation of community. I believe the main thesis in this essay is that gaming is a powerful activity; games can improve our social skills
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technology is referred to as ’simulations’ by the French philosopher Baudrillard‚ and in turn‚ these simulations within every day life have come to be known as ’Hyperrealism’. This is the inability of consciousness to distinguish between the reality of a simulation and reality itself. This is particularly relevant in advanced post modern societies. It is seen as a condition in which the real and fiction are seamlessly blended together so there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins
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The Augmented reality and virtual reality (AR&VR) is going through a significant adoption in the training and infotainment sectors. The main motivation behind the significant adoption is the versatile range usage for these technologies (AR&VR). The report is based on the extensive research. This research study involves the usage of extensive secondary sources; directories‚ and databases such as: Hoovers‚ Bloomberg‚ Business-week‚ Factiva‚ and One-Source‚ and so on to identify and collect information
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Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents unscripted situations and actual occurrences‚ and often features a previously unknown cast. The genre often highlights personal drama and conflict to a much greater extent than other unscripted television such as documentary shows. The genre has various standard tropes‚ such as reality TV confessionals used by cast members to express their thoughts‚ which often double as the shows’ narration. In competition-based reality shows
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Pre-AP English II - P4 21st‚ May 2013 Reality TV: Cruel or Creative? Why do you watch reality TV? Perhaps it is interesting to see a lifestyle very different from yours. Perhaps it fills a room with your laughter to see how a person on TV can be so ignorant. Perhaps it makes you babble with all the gossip it causes. But just put down your selfish thoughts‚ and think about the possibility of lies‚ or humility the protagonist may be crushed under. Although reality TV may bring upon fame that may mean
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shows‚ like talk shows for example‚ the popularity of reality TV isn’t all that surprising. It seems that people simply enjoy watching other people perform various activities. Television networks realize this; therefore the number of reality shows has grown considerably in the last few years. Unfortunately‚ this type of programming has turned into something more than harmless entertainment. Reality television shows do not depict true reality because they are scripted‚ they overdramatize events‚ and
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Abstract— The use of virtual reality games has spread to various human activities in populations of all ages. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)‚ as well as virtual reality games‚ have become strategic allies in the learning processes‚ since interactivity increases motivation‚ a process that underlies learning. In the same sense‚ these games have been used as methods of cognitive and physics in some neurological pathologies such as cerebrovascular accidents and Alzheimer’s disease
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Substituted Reality through Simulacrum French sociologist‚ Jean Baudrillard states‚ "Simulation is no longer that of a territory‚ a referential being‚ or a substance. It is the generation by models of a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal…It is no longer a question of imitation‚ nor duplication‚ nor even parody. It is a question of substituting the signs of the real for the real”. (Simulacra and Simulations). The concept of simulacrum is most closely defined as something that replaces
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The Effects of Reality Television on Society Television has become a “member” of almost every single family on our planet. And not just an ordinary member‚ but a very important one‚ because the time spent next to it exceeds the amount of time spent together with any other family member. You do not have to apply any efforts to talk or listen to complaints while “communicating” with it. Television has the power to alter society. Whether we realize it or not‚ what we watch and listen to stays
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