“Obscured News” project aims to reveal the unseen side of the news and how the government manipulates the news on the internet from behind the scenes.
In the era of big data, a large number of hot news stories are posted on the internet and spread rapidly through internet platforms, attracting a lot of attention. However, as governments intervene behind the scenes on the Internet, high-profile news stories are gradually hidden from view, as if they never happened. These stories appear to be in a stable Internet system, yet they are extremely vulnerable to tampering and blocking.
Is what we are seeing the truth? Or is it what they want us to see?
How does the behind-the-scenes manipulation of online news challenge the accurate dissemination of news?
This project uses the form of newspapers to translate the expressions of the news parties on the Internet into newspaper columns and publish them, so as to present the real situation of news events. In addition, use temperature-sensitive ink to smear and cover the content in the newspaper. When the ink comes into contact with the temperature of the human body, it will produce a discoloration effect, and the occluded text will also appear. Through the interaction with readers, it implies that the government or those in power are manipulating the presentation and hiding of news content behind the network. As the number of clicks and heat increases, the internet presents more of the truth of the news.