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Black Mirror

Monday, May 4, 2015 to Friday, May 8, 2015

Theme week organized by Lawrence Musante (Georgia State University).

Image used and altered under Creative Commons License permission.

Commodity as a Political Pressure Valve in “Fifteen Million Merits”

By Michael Frazer
Monday, May 4, 2015
9 comments

Reflecting your heart's desire: "Project Black Mirror" and faux-Kickstarting Siri's mind-reading routine

By Michael O'Neill
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
8 comments

'Not enough of him': Technology and Melancholia in 'Be Right Back'

By Sarah Artt
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
8 comments

The Ghost in the (Black) Mirror: Technology, Spectrality and Magic

By Robert Wright
Thursday, May 7, 2015
2 comments

Black Mirror as Pedagogical Tool in the College Classroom

By Frank Bridges
Friday, May 8, 2015
3 comments
Contributors
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Adam Cottrel

Georgia State University
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Michael Frazer

Postdoctoral Teaching FellowAuburn University
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Michael O'Neill

Post-doctoral researcherIndependent researcher
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Sarah Artt

Lecturer in English and FilmEdinburgh Napier University
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Robert Wright

Research StudentUniversity of Wolverhampton
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Frank Bridges

PTL/PhD CandidateRutgers University
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