A Dark Reflection of Society: Analyzing Cultural Representations of State Control in Black Mirror

<p>Recognizing the importance of visual criminology and media studies in contemporary academic criminal justice studies, I attempt to contribute to the field by analyzing three themes found in Channel 4’s Black Mirror in relation to cultural fears of state control and the progression of technology. The themes, including state power and coercion, the spectacle of punishment, and panoptic surveillance, are placed in a popular criminological framework in order to examine the attitudes and beliefs of the culture in which they were produced and for whom they are intended. I conclude that Black Mirror provides a social commentary on the themes of state control, punishment, and surveillance, with respect to the role technology plays in extending the scope of the state’s power. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Justice Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2017

Author dc:creator

• Huber, Carl Russell

• Black Mirror
• Content Analysis
• Punishment
• State Power
• Surveillance
• Technology
• Criminology
• Film and Media Studies

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2017 Carl Russell Huber

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/454

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1452