THE CONTROL
2022Reproduces government and media control of public behavior and thought through a set of interactive devices based on third-person effects. Bringing public attention to the government's use of the media to influence our judgment and control our behavior and thoughts.
Since 2019, everyone's lives have changed because of the COIVD-19 virus.
A video called "Voice of April" was shared on YouTube. It showed what life was like in Shanghai after the city was sealed off. The six-minute video was taken down soon after it was uploaded. The video showed what life was like in Shanghai after the city was sealed off. It said that the city was no longer the "freest international city in China" that people remembered. It showed a different side of Shanghai that people hadn't seen before.
After watching this video, I started thinking about the things I've experienced in the past few years. I tried to understand how the government uses the media to make everyone afraid to tell the truth about what's happening.