The stars manufactured by the media machine
The mass media apparatus operates on a simple principle: your attention is currency, and they will extract it by any means necessary. Every headline is calibrated for maximum emotional response. Every story is framed for engagement, not understanding.
Fear sells. Outrage retains. Confusion disorients. The cycle perpetuates itself because we continue to consume. マスゴミ -- the garbage of mass media -- is not an accident. It is a product. And you are the customer.
Notice how this very page overwhelms you with information, panels, numbers, and motion. That discomfort you feel? That is the daily experience of media consumption, made visible. The form is the critique.