Human and Technology Relationships in the TV Series Black Mirror

Student: Krokhmal Daria

Supervisor: Varvara Chumakova

Educational Programme: Media Communications (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 9

Year of Graduation: 2019

This study focuses on analysing human and technology relationships in the tv series Black Mirror. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the features of constructing the image of virtual copies of consciousness. As a result of the work, we analysed all the episodes in the TV series Black Mirror and revealed their genre and thematic specificity. In the second part of this study we focused on five episodes with virtual copies of a person. We found out their place in the plot of the series and in life, and also revealed that virtual copies provide an understanding of our relationship with technology. The structure of the study is determined by its goals and objectives and consists of an introduction, two chapters, conclusion, list of references, including list of used Internet resources.

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