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Hyper-reality: Essentially beyond reality. "It is no longer a question of imitation, nor duplication, nor even parody. it is a question of substituting the signs o the real for the real"  ~ Jean Baudrillard Barthes // Semiotics Sign -Anything that can have meaning Signifier -The thing that creates meaning Signified -The meaning that is created Jean Baudrillard // Postmodernism and Hyperreality In postmodern culture the boundaries between the real worlds and the world of the media have collapsed and that it is no longer possible to distinguish between what is reality and what is simulation. In fact, it really doesn't matter which is which Therefore, in this postmodern age of simulacra, audiences are constantly bombarded with images which no longer refer to anything real. Because of this, we are now in a situation that media images have come to seem more real than the reality they supposedly represent. This concept is referred to as hyperreali

According the Claude Levi-Strauss, texts convey their meanings through a system of binary oppositions. Evaluate this structuralist theory. Refer to the set episodes of Humans and The Returned in your response. [30] There are many representations within 'Humans'. Firstly, they present Anita from a body bag, showing that she is essentially in captivity, being held without freedom or free will, which is already a demonstration of a binary opposition. When Anita is first presented as the bag is unzipped, it is presented as a spectacle, she is first and foremost judged by her superficial qualities, such as attractiveness. This is further backed up by how the camera pans down to her posterior as Joe drops back, walking behind her. This blatant show of sexuality and objectification shows how women are generally represented within this series. As Anita is a Synth, some of the male characters may assume that it is okay to sexualise her, after all, she doesn't have emotions, and co