Media presence itself becomes the model that precedes and drains meaning from events

Evidence

What else do the media dream of besides creating the event simply by their presence? Everyone decries it, but everyone is secretly fascinated by this eventuality. Such is the logic of simulacra, it is no longer that of divine predestination, it is that of the precession of models, but it is just as inexorable. And it is because of this that events no longer have meaning: it is not that they are insignificant in themselves, it is that they were preceded by the model, with which their processes only coincided. — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 187

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘precession of models’ — the pivotal term — and explains precisely why events lose meaning: they are preceded by the model they merely coincide with.
• XREF: This is the generative idea behind the ‘precession of simulacra’ that opens the book; connects to Jameson’s ‘postmodern depthlessness’ where images float free of referents. — connects to: The televised event supersedes and substitutes for the historical event it depicts — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 177; Media act as a genetic code mutating the real into the hyperreal. — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 112; Media juxtaposition conceals the dialectical links between seemingly unrelated events — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 797 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Media juxtaposition conceals the dialectical links between seemingly unrelated events #expands (0.85) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 797
• Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly #expands (0.80)
• Media’s lasting effect is an interpretive frame, not blurred perception #expands (0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 342
• Media’s pseudo-realism infuses everyday life with meanings that block direct experience #complicates (0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 234
• Postmodern social representation demands an interposed media term as its placeholder. #corroborates (0.80) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 891
• Formal balance and impartiality in media mask real dominance of prevailing interpretations #expands (0.80)
• How media frame an event shapes the audience’s attitude toward it. #qualifies (0.75) — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam, 177
• Events lacking significance can be magnified by the media. #exemplifies (0.75) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 221
• Media exaggeration shapes public perception of events significantly. #exemplifies (0.75) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 185
• Media convergence can constitute reality rather than merely representing it. #complicates (0.75) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 19
• Media orient citizens by sifting out intersubjectively shared interpretations of the world #qualifies (0.72) — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 41