Have you heard of Poppy? An online example of hypereality? A total parody of consumer culture and celebrity?
Read this article and take a look? What do you think? What would Baudrillard think?
Is this art or just a cynical take on online life?
This is what the Guardian thinks.
SELFIES
Have you considered how postmodern selfies are? Our artificial image, simulation becomes the focus of a moment – we want people to focus on us and our image. The rest almost becomes irrelevant. We are also so self-absorbed – just recreating ourselves somewhere else – same face, different place. A pastiche of our own lives constantly uploaded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-31656672
This is a link to an article about our modern media world. Again a great place to take down some sound bites to use in your essay.