3.4 Black Mirror & Theoretical Approach: Conclusion and Assessment

http://leighmediaa212pomo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/panopticon-simulation-distopia.html

Starter:
What do you think these statements mean? Rewrite in your own words:

Task 1:
How could you apply Foucault, Debord and Baudrillard's concepts to

- Xfactor
- Social Networks
- Immersive Gaming

1. Voyeurism (power and sexual)
2. Fame and Celebrity
3. Style over Substance
4. Morality
5. Power and a prison (surveilance)
6. Simulation (copies, artificial, simulations, avatars) vs Reality
7. Hyper-reality (Fakeness, enhanced, exaggerated, distorted)
8. Popularity & Consumerism only Value

Present as a Virtual Presentation - Voki or

http://roseharveya2examblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/theorists-applied-to-x-factor-social.html

Task 2:
Intertextual Mood Board - what references does Black Mirror make to other texts - consider Reality TV, Games and Social Networks

Annotate and analye, with screen capture examples:
1. What meaning or commentary does it offer on these media forms - cynical or hopeful (why is this PoMo?)
2. Is this a Parody or Pastiche of these texts?

3. What is the role of technology and consumerism in these episodes? What does this do to the concept of 'humanity' and 'community'?

4. How do these texts reflect the 'emptiness' and 'lack of belief in Grand Narratives' (Justice, Morality, Love etc)

5. Why are these episodes Dystopian (examples) and why is this concept Post-Modern?

6. What is the intended purpose of these episodes, and why do they so heavily use Postmodern Concepts?

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