Judgment, Surveillance and Cultural Desensitization Triangle in TV Series: The Case of Black Mirror


GEÇER E., SERBES H.

OPUS Uluslararası Toplum Araştırmaları Dergisi, cilt.8, sa.15, ss.1669-1695, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi) identifier

Özet

Various methods and tools are used in the process of spreading ideas and establishing hegemony. The mass media among these are seen as the most important courses. Today, also along with the develop-ing technology, mass media have gained more importance as carriers of ideal ideology. The producers of cinema, and especially those who are aware of the power of the television series to influence people, can use cinema in an ideological sense. In particular, TV series with ideological messages in each episode have begun to deal with concepts such as justice, surveillance and cultural desensitization.Therefore, this study has discussed the events in surveillance, judgment and cultural desensitization triangle in the “White Bear” episode of the Black Mirror. The study aimed to examine the relationship between judgment and surveillance within the context of cultural desensitization. Particularly, the White Bear episode, which is dominated by the issues regarding justice and surveillance, is analyzed through an ideological analysis method. As for the conclusion the study has revealed that technology has been a tracking device against the problem of cultural desensitization.