FACT, FAKE OR FICTION?

Defining our reality in an age of unlimited media

SODA Level 4 students, working in teams from across our eight media programmes, were tasked with working together to conceptualise a media experience that explores the theme of “Fact, Fake or Fiction?”.

The following excerpts are works in progress from their projects.

Students are supported by academic staff from across SODA programmes: Ursula Ackah, Olugbenga Ajayi, David Bewick, Adam Cain, Liv Campion, Rianon Francis, Chris Gladwin, Antony Hall, Babar Hussain, Alan Jones, Helen McGhie, Shō Ogden, Sara Nesteruk, Adinda van’t Klooster, Tristan Poyser, Mark Porter, Merike van de Vijver, Daniel Moss, Richard Higginbottom, Neil Bruce, Babar Suleman, Emer Crawford-Thomson, David Jackson, Adam Cooke, Rob Potts, Lois Macdonald.

Thalia Rose

Eidlan Arief Tengku, Theodore Rushall-Jones, Shahd Khaled Fathi Khalil, Hudson Wan

This project revolves around unfolding a narrative through a series of fake social media posts. The story focuses on a fitness influencer who is ultimately exposed for failing to live up to the image she portrays to her audience. The narrative will be creatively told through mock-ups of Instagram posts, comment sections, and text messages, revealing key elements of the influencer's carefully curated persona and the eventual unravelling of her facade.

The goal is to show how the influencer’s world unravels as her authenticity is questioned by her followers and peers, using the format of social media interactions to make the story engaging, relatable, and reflective of the complexities of online personas.

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