Elizabeth Cohen

“Black Mirror: The Dark Side of New Media and Technology” challenges students to explore the psychological underpinnings of people’s often troubled relationships with media and technology, using case studies from the popular dystopic science fiction television series, Black Mirror,  and other science fiction works. Students will receive a crash course in film analytics, applying computer-mediated communication and media psychology theory and research to explain the depictions of emerging technology and human behavior. Based on what they have learned, students will ultimately create a pitch for their own Black Mirror episode.