Biomedia: life in smithereens

Goh, Benjamin (2020) Biomedia: life in smithereens. Law, Technology and Humans, 2 (1). 124 - 134. ISSN 2652-4074

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Abstract

This article suggests that media theory could lend some vocabularies with which to map the technical infrastructures of life. Focusing on the digital production of life, we read Marshall McLuhan’s concept of media alongside ‘Smithereens’, the second episode of the fifth instalment of the Netflix digital television series Black Mirror.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://lthj.qut.edu.au/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	Law
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2022 10:18
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2025 17:43
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113662

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