Postmodernism

• Metanarratives : any set of theories that claim to offer the 'truth'. E.g. scientific theories and religions.
• Hyperreality : use to describe the difference between the reality and the one portrayed by the media.

References:-

• Postmodernist Lyotard (1993) argues that there are no truths and thus, metanarratives do not help explanations about identity.
• Anthony Giddens (1990) argues that we are in 'late modernity' and not 'post modernity'.