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Understanding Populist Punitiveness Understanding Populist Punitiveness
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“White Bear”: Plot Summary “White Bear”: Plot Summary
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“White Bear” and Populist Punitiveness “White Bear” and Populist Punitiveness
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Punishment and Penal Values Punishment and Penal Values
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The Spectacle of Punishment The Spectacle of Punishment
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Economics and Exploitation Economics and Exploitation
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Conclusion Conclusion
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9 “Let’s Make This Show Happen, People”: Black Mirror and Populist Punitiveness
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Published:July 2021
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Abstract
The anthology series Black Mirror, created by British writer Charlie Brooker, explores the impact of technology on individual and communal life. Its dark, disturbing stories tap into unease about how the modern world is being distorted through rapid technological development. One aspect of contemporary life in Western nations has been the rise of populist punitiveness. This emotive and expressive discourse has produced a fertile climate for more punitive practices, including greater use of imprisonment, longer sentences, and harsher prison conditions. The expansion of the penal apparatus has also been enabled by the increasing privatization of criminal justice services. In recent decades, this populist punitiveness has come to be taken for granted as the foundation of the penal system. The Black Mirror episode “White Bear” explores how technology and populist punitiveness may intersect to create or re-create forms of extreme and public punishments that are at once both futuristic and reminiscent of premodern practices.
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