What is the message of Black Mirror: The National Anthem?
Keywords:
Twitter
Social Networking
Satire
Rolling News
Traditional media vs new/digital media
Smartphones
Censorship
Desensitisation
A fictional drama broadcast on Channel four called Black Mirror initially sends a message across to the audience about how he new and digital media has changed in the way audience react. The drama focuses on a Prime Minister who is demanded to demonstrate sexual intercourse with a pig live on television and networks, in order to free the Princess. The drama is basically making fun out of the Prime Minister which is also known as 'Satire' where the audience is mocking a celebrity or a important person. As the video of the demand was uploaded onto YouTube it was worldwide spread to everyone within three hours as the audience were able to copy the video and spread it onto other social media sites such at Twitter, Facebook etc. The censorship involved in the drama was very high as one part of the scene demonstrates a news reporter outside a crime scene where the police thought they were going to catch the criminal however they did not know an outsider was recording on her smartphone which was live to her news studio. Once the police have detected the reporter they had destroyed the smartphone as they want the problem to be less spread however as she was live streaming the footage was already sent. Furthermore this also involves new and digital media as in the traditional aspects of recording footing would be on a camera with crew members however she uses her smartphone to record the events taking place which is live. Lastly the rolling news was the breaking news of the Princess and what was expected of the Prime Minister to keep the audience informed.
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