Society of the Spectacle

Social Media

"The spectacle presents itself simultaneously as all of society, as part of society, and as instrument of unification. As a part of society it is specifically the sector which concentrates all gazing and all consciousness. Due to the very fact that this sector is separate, it is the common ground of the deceived gaze and of false consciousness, and the unification it achieves is nothing but an official language of generalized separation." Social media is an aspect of "the spectacle." This quote stood out to me because I see this as a representaton of social media and how it connects us together in so many ways but also separates us from reality. and we are