This is necessary because the system of laws and power of the state can function only in the realm of real. The moment the real and the simulated intermingle, it transgresses into the third order of simulation while the law, the social and the power function in the second order simulacrum and reach a stage beyond true and false, a stage beyond rationalisation on which the latter depends upon. This renders power irrelevant. .
In their analysis of the disavowal of mediation by the entities of the realms of marketing and politics, Hardt and Negri recognize them as an essential characteristic of the workings of power in contemporary times. Mazzarella argues that they fail to treat mediation as an object of critical analysis and that they compound the problem by "demonizing it as the death-dealing, freeze-frame technology of those whose global sway depends on "fixing" the dynamic, productive, and im-mediate (their word is "immanent") energies of the multitude" (Mazzarella 2004). This section explores the process of mediation critically to understand how it constitutes a critical element of contemporary workings of power. .
["Welcome to the desert of the real", says Morpheus from The Matrix (1999)].
While the control over broadcasting facilities has considerable political weightage, the diffused structure of the internet provides a powerful political alternative to media apparatuses marked by centralized state control. Internet's combination of real-time interactivity and anonymity provides diverse opportunities as well as pose problems. It also plays an important role in the creation of identities and images of those in position of economic and political power. The alternative discourses that defy the one of the state can also find their voice on the internet platforms such as that of social media. An example would be the tumblr page "Jayalalitha is Watching You" (http://jayalalithaiswatchingyou.