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Summary - This is a youtube that presents the work of French Marxist theorist Guy Debord and his important book "The society of the spectacle" that critically examines the power of mass media to shape our reality and transform us - from an active participant to - a passive spectator (hence the "spectacle" and consumer - When mass media fabricates images that become the aspirations for large swaths or the population,<br /> - it can implant market ideology that channels their future consumerist behaviour to conform with elitist hidden agenda - The idea emerged from a group of leftist scholars and activists called the Situationist International that dissolved in 1972 but - the idea is quite relevant to describing global capitalism and information systems in modernity

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who is - Guy Debord - Guy Debord was - French - born in 1931 in Paris - Marxist theorist, - philosopher - filmmaker - founding member of the Situationist International

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According to Wikipedia, Guy Debord was a Marxist theorist from France. He wrote famous book called "The Society of the Spectacle" which sparked the Situationist International movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Debord