Duarte,Black Mirror/EMW75*

German A. Duarte

ISBN 10: 3837652327 / ISBN 13: 9783837652321

Published by Transcript /Biup/Mdwpress, 2021

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Neu Neuware, verlagsfrisch; new item Besorgungsartikel, mit längerer Auslieferungszeit. -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. 331 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Duarte,Black Mirror/EMW75*
• Publisher: Transcript /Biup/Mdwpress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837652327
• ISBN 13: 9783837652321
• Binding: 25
• Condition: Gebraucht
• Dimensions: 229W x 156H x 23D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 522 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

German A. Duarte (Dr.) is a media theorist, film scholar, film editor and currently assistant professor of film and media studies at Freie Universität Bozen. His research interests include the history of media, film history, cognitive cultural economy and philosophy.

Justin Michael Battin is Lecturer of Communication at RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. His research focuses on intersecting strands of Heidegger's philosophy with the everyday uses of mobile media technologies and mobile social media.