Reading »Black Mirror«: Insights into Technology and the Post-Media Condition

Reading »Black Mirror«: Insights into Technology and the Post-Media Condition
ISBN-10
3839452325
ISBN-13
9783839452325
Category
Social Science
Pages
334
Language
English
Published
2021-01-31
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Authors
Justin Michael Battin, German A. Duarte

Description

Very few contemporary television programs provoke spirited responses quite like the dystopian series Black Mirror. This provocative program, infamous for its myriad apocalyptic portrayals of humankind's relationship with an array of electronic and digital technologies, has proven quite adept at offering insightful commentary on a number of issues contemporary society is facing. This timely collection draws on innovative and interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks to provide unique perspectives about how confrontations with such issues should be considered and understood through the contemporary post-media condition that drives technology use.

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