Baudrillard:
Jean Baudrillard has written about popular culture and the emergence of imagery as reality [termed the "hyperreal"] since the mid-1970s. Here are links to some of the most interesting sites featuring the ideas of this compelling thinker.
- Baudrillard on the Web: links to many of the philosopher's essays
- Reality of Simulation: a site devoted to Baudrillard including an interview
- Directory of the Third (dis)Order --a searchable, indexed guide to key terms and concepts in the works of Jean Baudrillard.
- An interview with Baudrillard covering the time he spent in America.
- Fanfare for the Commons Utne Reader Online: Are pubic spaces in danger? Read this article to learn why the hypermarket and hypercommodity threaten the future of communities nationwide.
Studies of Virtual Reality:
- Check out these statistics on virtual worlds from Mother Jones Magazine
- the HUB explores the sociological implications of multi-user online gaming
- Sherry Turkle's MIT Initiative on Technology and Self: this project explores the ways in which our uses of technology affect the context for self-exploration and social encounters
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