Abstract

COUTO JUNIOR, Dilton Ribeiro; SANTOS, Rosemary dos  and  VELLOSO, Luciana. Social network and ubiquitous communication: what can we learn from Black Mirror?. Rev. Diálogo Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.62, pp.1128-1146.  Epub Jan 30, 2020. ISSN 1981-416X.  https://doi.org/10.7213/1981-416x.19.062.ds11.

This text aims to reflect upon social practices mediated by digital network portrayed in the episode “Nosedive” from the television series Black Mirror. The proposition is to discuss the relationship between interconnectivity, popularity, and visibility in the age of ubiquitous communication. We aim to resignify our own human experience that is being more and more mediated by digital communication. Seeking inspiration on the fiction of Black Mirror can constitute a potent path to reflect upon our humanization in an era marked by the intense production and intense sharing of data among geographically dispersed users. In addition to the fictional character of the series and the situations shown in the episode, there is an alert for the extremes caused using of digital devices. Therefore, making us think about the importance of an education that broadens our view on the potential of interconnectivity and its consequences. We hope that these new cybercultural phenomena allow us to make fruitful reflections for a better understanding of contemporary social practices, the relationships we have established with social networks, the emergence of ubiquitous communication, and the re-signification of new social experiences that emerge through digital networking in everyday life.

Keywords : Social networking; Ubiquitous communication; Connectivity; Black Mirror.

        · abstract in Portuguese | Spanish     · text in Portuguese     · Portuguese ( pdf )