Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory

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<span>Black Mirror</span><span> is</span><span>The Twilight Zone</span><span> 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,</span><span>Black Mirror</span><span> presents near-futures where humans collide with technology and each othertomorrows that might arrive in five years or five minutes. Featuring scholars from three continents and ten nations, Black Mirror</span><span>and Critical Media Theory</span><span> 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</span><span>Black Mirror</span><span> by probing the ideas, meanings, and conditions embedded in the episodes. This book is organized around six key topics reflected and explored in</span><span>Black Mirror</span><span>human identity, surveillance culture, spectacle and hyperreality, aesthetics, technology and existence, and dystopian futures.</span>

Autorenportrait

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

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