Black Mirror Questions

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?

Answers: 1. It makes media look cynical and as though it wants to ruin while trying to fix somethings. 
2. It is a pastiche of X factor, WII and sims.
3. Their life is technology and they are part of the technology. Their avatars are what make them a community but they are not really together.
4. People have no morals and do not care about other people.
5. They are representations of how the world might be and we will be stuck in a prison.
6. The episode is almost a warning of what will happen if we become too emersed in technology.