Black Mirror: “San Junipero” and “The Entire History of You”

These Black Mirror episodes share the common theme that technology will be our downfall or something else. In “The Entire History of You” we see how technology backfires. You literally able to relieve your most moments. Black Mirror is using sort of a scare tactic to get us to wake up and realize that all this technology will be our undoing. Each episode is faced with different characters and different issues.

I believe that the technology portrayed in “San Junipero” can be best described by the social construction of technology. This theory goes on to explain that social structures (created by humans) go on to shape the development of technology, rather than the other way around. I think this perfectly describes “San Junipero” because humans feared death and the unknown after life, so they developed a technology that helped them escape the inevitability of death.

Whereas, the “Entire History of You” episode has got several communication concepts that are depicted in the movie, this notion clearly help us to understand and interpret what we see in the media. The episode is an alternative reality depicting that most people have “grains”. This grains record everything they see, do, speak, hear and see. This allows them to play back every memory that they have. Communication concepts portrayed in the episode, makes us clearly comprehend the entire plot.

Obtaining technology that allows you to record and re-evaluate your memories and experiences would be rather unique and intriguing but could string along with its consequences and dangers. Your secrets would never really be safe.  Relationship fights would end up consisting of both partners replaying memories to catch the other in a lie or to visually bring up past fights. Inevitably, it would lead to an obsession. People wouldn’t want to live in the moment because of the off chance that something bad could happen. They’d rather relive happy memories where they’re guaranteed to be content. With that, this small little chip holds your entire life, everything you’ve ever done. That’s kind of scary. What happens if it becomes removed? The government seizes it.? What if it’s hackable? If someone else can hack into your chip and essentially download all your memories, what happens then? The opportunities that arise that they can do with it are endless. No secret would ever be safe.