Relationships in this age of media are run by a sense of hyperreality. "The term hyperreality characterizes the inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures." The media, such as movies, music, celebrities, etc., give a false sense of reality and deceive viewers/listeners into believing it's fantasy. When faced with the real world, Americans are at a loss because what they bought into as reality was in fact very different from what is actually real. Also, "hyperreality tricks consciousness into detaching from any real emotional engagement, instead opting for artificial simulation, and endless reproductions of fundamentally empty appearance." It is a lot like picturing the world like an ant colony, where humans walk around repeating the same tendencies and habits over and over, never breaking away from what the media shows you to do. In hyperreality we lose sight of what is real, sort of reliving the romantic era rather than the realist. The world does not end happily ever after as Disney movies would lead us to believe.
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Hyperreality
~Scribbles
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