Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory (Hardcover)

Black Mirror is The Twilight Zone of the twenty-first century. Already a philosophical classic, the series echoes the angst of an era, a civilization and consciousness fully engulfed in the 24/7 media spectacle spanning the planet. With clever plots and existential themes, Black Mirror presents near-futures where humans collide with technology and each other-tomorrows that might arrive in five years or five minutes. Featuring scholars from three continents and ten nations, Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory is an international collection of critical media theory applied to one of the most intellectually provocative TV shows of our time and the all-too-real conditions that inspire it. Drawing from thinkers such as Michel Foucault, Jean Baudrillard, Guy Debord, Marshall McLuhan, and Paul Virilio, the authors reverse-engineer Black Mirror by probing the ideas, meanings, and conditions embedded in the episodes. This book is organized around six key topics reflected and explored in Black Mirror-human identity, surveillance culture, spectacle and hyperreality, aesthetics, technology and existence, and dystopian futures.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2018
Editors:	Angela M. Cirucci • Barry Vacker
Contributors:	Michael Mario Albrecht • Osei Alleyne • Francois Allard-Huver • Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns • Derek R Blackwell • Angela M. Cirucci • Sarah J Constant • Mathieu D'Aquin
Dimensions:	229 x 158 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-7353-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Promotions
LSN:	1-4985-7353-3
Barcode:	9781498573535

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