Psyche, consciousness and personality in the “Black Mirror”

Artem A. Kost­ri­gin
Kosy­gin Russ­ian State Uni­ver­si­ty (Tech­nol­o­gy. Design. Art)

Psy­che, con­scious­ness and per­son­al­i­ty in the “Black Mir­ror”

Abstract. The paper focus­es on the TV series “Black Mir­ror”, which reveals the fea­tures of the life of an indi­vid­ual and soci­ety in the future, expe­ri­enc­ing trans­for­ma­tions under the influ­ence of the tech­no­log­i­cal progress. The author empha­sizes psy­cho­log­i­cal issues of the series, such as: mod­el­ing of the psy­che and men­tal process­es, dig­i­ti­za­tion of the psy­che and con­scious­ness, dom­i­na­tion of the psy­che and con­scious­ness through tech­nol­o­gy, mod­i­fi­ca­tions of sub­jec­tive expe­ri­ences, ac-cess to sub­jec­tive images of an indi­vid­ual, mod­el­ing and sim­u­la­tion of per­son­al­i­ty, iden­ti­ty and self-con­cept, human rela­tion­ships trans­for­ma­tion, changes in the exis­ten­tial full­ness of human life. 

Key­words: Black Mir­ror, TV series, tech­no­log­i­cal progress, dig­i­tal­iza­tion, psy­che, dig­i­tal psy­che, con­scious­ness, per­son­al­i­ty, self-actu­al­iza­tion, exis­tence

DOI: 10.5840/dspl2019214

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