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'Illusory Truths' (Oct 2020)

Jamie King

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In this 18 minute film we interviewed Joseph Matheny, creator of the original Alternate Reality Game 'Ong's Hat', to see what his experiences might teach us about the rise of QAnon. Is it possible that the ability to co-create and distribute our own narratives about reality could be altering its basic fabric? And has Noam Chomsky's concept of 'manufactured consent' produced by centralized authority and corporate media now been outmoded by a new era of 'manufactured dissent', powered by networks, meme culture and supercharged shitposting?

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Jamie King

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