Titre : Science fiction and technology: between desirable obsession and abhorrence 

Auteurs : Sébastien Damart
, Marie Roussie, Sonia Adam-Ledunois,  

Revue : Technology and Innovation 

Numéro : Issue 2 

Volume : 9 

Date : 2024/03/15 

DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1130 

ISSN : 2399-8571 

Résumé : If technology is a major theme in science fiction (SF), its treatment in movies is heterogeneous. Based on a comparative analysis of three artworks of science fiction, Star Trek, The Matrix and Black Mirror, the article proposes to build a continuum of analysis about the place and role of technology in works of science-fiction. At one end of the continuum, technology is a background that is not the subject of debate, but which, eventually, is a framework that facilitates a debate on a societal issue. At another extreme, technology is threatening and consubstantially opens the door to post-humanism. Between the two extremes, SF provides a critique of the perverse and cynical uses that our societies make of new technologies. 

Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience