REALITY
Is everyone living in the reality?
There are two types of reality found juxtaposed: “the real reality”, shaped by the use of language, becoming “the media reality” perceived by the publics. Language upon culture has a “decisive influence”. This influence determines our judgement on similarities and differences of things
The language use could create media reality or “hyperreality” termed by Deetz or “hypertelia” termed by Baudrillard. Human language, the world human live in and are unable to get out of, actually calls for reinterpreting what is known or believed about the world in order to make sense of the words; Mr Miller claims that “it challenges your pedestrian assumptions about reality”.
The use of language in this way alters, rather than just challenges, the reality regardless of what the real reality would be. This is how the media reality is intentionally created. If public communication is paired with the use of rhetorics and metaphors, to Miller’s assertion that “languages are not static; they grow and change to suit the needs of those who speak them”, a question on its effect on (the real) reality is worth putting forward. It is whether or not the reality—whichever perceived as reality—is static, whether reality can be changed and shaped to “suit the needs” or preference of those who use language to shape it, and even whether what we call “reality” ever exists.
Well now, what’s your answer?