MILITARIST DISCOURSE AND THE OTHER: THE SAMPLE OF THE ‘MEN AGAINST FIRE’ EPISODE OF THE TV SERIES “BLACK MIRROR”
MİLİTARİST SÖYLEM VE ÖTEKİ: BLACK MİRROR DİZİSİ ‘MEN AGAİNST FİRE’ BÖLÜMÜ ÖRNEĞİ

Author : Kadriye TÖRE ÖZSEL
Number of pages : 507-518

Abstract

TV series Black Mirror, which was released on December 4, 2011, is regarded as a drama, science fiction, adventure and criticism/satire. The series written by Charlie Brooker presents different critical stories about where and how people and nature are positioned across all contemporary media tools (TV, smartphone, internet, cyber technological devices, etc.) in general today. This study examines the episode of the series mentioned in the title through the themes of militarism and the conception of the other, both of which are ideological forms of discourse. For this purpose, a brief review of the literature on the basic concepts used in the study is given and these concepts are thoroughly explained. In the second part that follows, the story of the related chapter, the event pattern and the various dialogues within the chapter are analyzed in light of these basic concepts.

Keywords

Militarism, Illiteracy, Identity, Foe, Other, Eugenics

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