I believe that a lot of media in the present day has some form of post-modern with in. A good example that would show this is a coca cola advert, with the water droplet running down the side of the bottle. This is Hype reality, best described by Jean Baudrillard, over exaggerating something that is in real life, making it more appealing.
Another type of media i believe to be post modern would be online gaming, having multiple ways of being post-modern. When it comes t online gaming simulation and imitation, I would say, the key areas. The game Battlefield 3, has a mixture of both simulation and imitation. The simulation part of this is the map which have been created within the game, not existing in real life. Imitation on battlefield 3 would be the weapons, all existing in real life and being used in the Military this current day. Shooting games are not just the only genre of online gaming, Racing games such as need for speed also have simulation and imitation, with the cars being an imitation and the maps in which you race around being simulation. Forza Motorsports 3 is a racing game where both tracks and cars are simulation.
Films also have features of being post-modernism, such as film like Shaun of the dead, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and hot fuzz. Shaun of the dead is in some way a parody of Dawn of the dead, both being about a zombie breakout. The idea of parody was discussed by the thinker Fredric Jameson, he also talked about Pastiche, taking an idea and recreating it. Hot fuzz, have multiple features of post-modernism. Hyper reality is a main on, over exaggerating what modern day police officers are like and what they do. This film has a lot of intertextuality, referring to other films likes Bad Boys 2, Point Break, also the TV He Man with the quote "By the power of gray skull" being used by both Danny (Nick Frost) and Sgt. Angel (Simon Pegg). Hot Fuzz also has a lot of references to other actors like Chuck Norris, have a street in the film named Norris avenue.
After listening to a wider range of music, I found the Japanese pop star Miku Hatsune, who is a hologram, so she would be a simulation, although her voice is someones real voice. This blurs the boundary to what is real and what isn't, seeing a anime character walking and singing in front of you and not on TV.
Within films, having a story or a meaning it maybe considered a modern feature, giving a message to the audience. One the other hand, if the film is all about affects and has no story, Transformers, it might be considered as post-modern, taking is trascent. The idea of waning, thought of by the thinker Fredric Jameson, with the film being about how the film looks.
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