Moral Uncanny in Black Mirror

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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It brings together scholars in media studies, cultural studies, anthropology, literature, philosophy, psychology, theatre and game studies to analyse the significance and reverberations of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian universe with our present-day technologically mediated life world.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-11-06
Mått148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt388 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor195
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030474942

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Margaret Gibson a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Griffith University, Australia. She author of several books including Objects of the Dead: Mourning and Memory in Everyday Life and the most recent (with Clarissa Carden) Living and Dying in a Virtual World: Digital Kinship, Nostalgia, and Mourning in Second Life.Clarissa Carden is a historical sociologist and a postdoctoral research fellow at Griffith University, Australia, with an interest in the intersection of morality and social change, focusing on the lives of young people.

1. Introduction - Margaret Gibson and Clarissa Carden.- 2. God is an Algorithm: Black Mirror and the Future of Human Agency - Helena Bassil-Morozow.- 3. Living on beyond the body: The digital soul of Black Mirror - Margaret Gibson and Clarissa Carden.- 4. Black Mirror and Borges's concept of the Infinite Finite - Suzie Gibson and Dean Biron.- 5. Spectacular Return: Inexhaustion in White Bear’s ‘Exhibitionary Complex’ - Bryoni Trezise.- 6. Facial Obfuscation and Bare Life - Grant Bollmer.- 7. Technology and human needs in the world of Black Mirror - Dr Neil Martin & Associate Professor Helen Farley.- 8. Invasive Gaming, bio-sensing and digital labour in Playtest - Gareth Schott.- 9. Conclusion - Margaret Gibson and Clarissa Carden.