Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory

Herausgeber: Cirucci, Angela M.; Vacker, Barry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides insight into why Black Mirror has garnered so much attention. Featuring international scholars, the book reverse-engineers Black Mirror episodes and invites readers to consider their own relationships with digital technology through the work of theorists including Foucault, Baudrillard, Debord, McLuhan, and Virilio.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781498573535
• ISBN-10: 1498573533
• Artikelnr.: 52641759

Autorenporträt

Angela M. Cirucci is assistant professor of media studies at Kutztown University. Barry Vacker is associate professor in the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section 1: Human Identity Chapter 1: Race, Cyborgs, and the
Pitfalls of Biopolitical Discourse in Black Mirror's "Men Against Fire"
Diana Leon-Boys and Morten Stinus Kristensen Chapter 2: Digitally Natural:
Gender and Sexuality Norms in Black Mirror Angela M. Cirucci Chapter 3: A
Virtual Ever-After: Utopia, Race, and Gender in Black Mirror's "San
Junipero" Eleanor Drage Section 2: Surveillance Culture Chapter 4: Black
Mirror's "Nosedive" as a new Panopticon: Interveillance and Digital
Parrhesia in Alternative Realities Francois Allard-Huver and Julie
Escurignan Chapter 5: All Eyes on Me: Surveillance and the Digital Archive
in "The Entire History of You" Derek R. Blackwell Chapter 6: Seeing the
"Surveillant Face" of Technology in Black Mirror: Using Futuristic
Scenarios for an Interdisciplinary Discussion on the Feasibility and
Implications of Technology Pinelopi Troullinou and Mathieu d'Aquin Section
3: The Spectacle and Hyperreality Chapter 7: Waldo Wins IRL: Donald Trump,
Black Mirror, and the Politics of Jean Baudrillard's Hyperreal Michael
Mario Albrecht Chapter 8: Why Black Mirror is Really Written by Jean
Baudrillard: A Philosophical Interpretation of Charlie Brooker's Series
Manel Jiménez-Morales and Marta Lopera-Mármol Chapter 9: Spectacular
Tech-Nightmare: Broadcasting Guy Debord Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns
Section 4: Aesthetics Chapter 10: Rhetorical Ethics in Black Mirror: The
Aesthetics of Existence in Hyperreality and Posthumanity Hillary A. Jones
Chapter 11: The Hysterical Sublime: Black Mirror, "Playtest," and the
Crises of the Present Matthew Flisfeder Chapter 12: Black Mirror, White
Spaces: Nihilism, Enlightenment, and Technology Barry Vacker and Erin
Espelie Section 5: Technology and Existence Chapter 13: Over-Extended
Media: Hashtag Hatred and Domestic Drones Julia M. Hildebrand Chapter 14:
Unbearable Burden: Discipline, Punishment, and Moral Dystopia in Black
Mirror's "White Bear" Osei Alleyne Chapter 15: The Entire Evolution of
Media: A Media Ecological Approach to Black Mirror Carlos A. Scolari
Section 6: Dystopian Futures Chapter 16: Heterotopias and Utopias in Black
Mirror: Michel Foucault on "San Junipero" Sarah J. Constant Chapter 17:
Trapped in Dystopian Techno Realities: Nosediving into Simulation through
Consumptive Viewing Erika M. Thomas and Romin Rajan Chapter 18: The
Dystopia of the Spectator: Past Revival and Acceleration of Time in Black
Mirror ("The Entire History of You" and "Be Right Back") Macarena Urzúa
Opazo and Antoine Faure Conclusion: Connecting Our Themes to Season Four
and the Future Index About the Editors About the Contributors