I want to find and watch the video that Dr. Reilly talked about called the “Yes Men”
Notes from his presentation:
“Hoaxing” – 18th Century –> The Golden age of hoaxing (Jonathan Swift/ William Dafoe/ Arson Wells)
Why do hoaxers actually perpetrate the hoaxes that they do?
Hoax in order to highlight social injustice:
“Proposal for preventing the children of poor people from being a burden on their parents and their country” Title of Jonathan Swift’s Essay
Exposing falsities
“There is no limit to what we are susceptible to believe”
Journalism – 24 sec. news cycle = speculation
– political / corporate corruption
– social inequities
– Weakened 4th estate
– UtopianMedia hoaxes as welcomed deceptions? YES!
– “Truth telling where normally there would be only lies” (The Yes Men)–> Priorities: SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES —> Hoaxing in order to collaborate with media
Collaborative journalists
“Inherent dangers embedded in the everyday media consumption”
“Identity correction” as philosophy as practice
UTOPIAN sheen —> “Thinking of headlines we’d actually like to see” (The Yes Men in the news)
WHAT IF????
Hoaxes can bring a vision of utopian discourse to the forefront
Media literacy skills –> goal to increase the average citizen’s skepticism
Mindfullness!!