The Moral Uncanny in Black Mirror

ISBN-13: 9783030474942 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 195 str.

Margaret Gibson; Clarissa Carden

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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.