The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it

Bishop, David

Abstract

Welcome to a world where fake news stories are used to manipulate public opinion. Dissent is no longer tolerated and all your communications are monitored; the economy is not functioning and reality TV is used to distract you from harsher realities. Welcome to 2017.

I don’t mean our 2017 but an imagined one from 30 years ago. This was the setting for 1987 movie The Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bad news? Much of this action-adventure slugfest looks eerily prophetic now that we’re here for real.

Citation

Bishop, D. (2017). The violent, post-truth 2017 predicted in The Running Man? We’re living in it. https://theconversation.com/the-violent-post-truth-2017-predicted-in-the-running-man-were-living-in-it-70726

• Online Publication Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 29, 2021
• Publisher: The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2756596
• Related Public URLs: https://theconversation.com/the-violent-post-truth-2017-predicted-in-the-running-man-were-living-in-it-70726