Walter Benjamin has noted that mechanical reproduction has resulted in the retreat from reality. Indeed, the techno-formulation of reality, which is the mechnical reproduction of images, has served to change human perception. The problem of prime time television serves as an example of this reality, since it fosters graphic incoherence.
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell provided the foundation for our understanding of how prime time television can deceive people. He demonstrates the important reality of how
tampering with language by the state can create the emergence of
"double think…
