THE CIRCLE
a blog by Alan Ewing
The Circle is a Channel 4 reality TV show. It is based on its participants staying in an apartment block in different rooms, without seeing each other, while isolated from the outside world. Their only means of communication with each other lies in voice controlled social media.
The show is complex as the Catfish take part. Those who use fake personas. Fakery corrupts the genuine as friendships are formed to create alliances for the goal of winning £100,000. The Freudian id competes with the ego and super ego as the game intensifies. There is much in this tv social experiment that lends itself to social media, particularly Facebook. Your best friend may be playing you. That beautiful woman or handsome man may actually be the opposite sex or many years older than they are presenting themselves.
All becomes a matter of trust and
perception as the game develops. So much relates to Facebook as it becomes
difficult to know who is being genuine and who is indulging their own ego. In
offline life a person may be completely different to how they are portraying
themselves online. Emotional and psychological gameplay can do great harm to
the vulnerable. Rooting out narcissists who do this becomes essential to online
experience.The saying "Fool me once, you're the fool, fool me twice, I'm the fool" is prevalent within the show's atmosphere, as emotions soar.
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