Jacques Ellul's thoughts on the increasingly conspicuous role of persuasion techniques bring to the fore the persuasive and normative effects of new communication techniques at the core of contemporary consumer/citizen culture, as well as the limits of that instrumental stance towards mediated human communication. By drawing insights from authors who shared some of Ellul's concerns, such as Frankfurt School theorists, Vance Packard and Ivan Illich, this paper explores this "normative invasion" of human life by technique as a feature of contemporary information technology politics, specifically in (1) the historical context of normative and material technological colonization, and (2) the intertwining of propaganda and information warfare in the current reshaping of information politics.
Este artigo procura reflectir sobre as representações do ciberconflito no cinema de ficção científica da última década. Procura dar uma perspectiva sociopolítica sobre o conflito no ciberespaço, a representação de actores e dos contextos em que esta se desenrola, relacionando a emergência destas representações com o contexto histórico actual da esfera digital. Adoptando uma perspectiva crítica com elementos de análise retórica, semiológica e discursiva, a discussão centra-se nas seguintes questões: que personagens, cenários e contextos de ciberconflito são representados no cinema de ficção científica da última década? Como são representadas tecnologias, grupos sociais e indivíduos? Por fim, como são representadas as relações de poder subjacentes, e quais os valores dominantes que dão forma a essas representações?
AbstractThis article seeks to reflect on the representations of ciberconflict in science fiction cinema of the last decade. Seeks to provide a socio-political perspective on the conflict in cyberspace, representing actors and contexts in wich it unfolds, relating the emergence of these representations with the current historical context of the digital sphere. Adopting a critical perspective with elements of rhetoric, semiotics and discourse analysis, the discussion focuses on the following questions: wich characters, settings and contexts ciberconflict are represented in science fiction cinema of the last decade? As technologies, social groups and individuals are represented? Finally, are represented as the underlying power relations, and wich the dominant values that shape these representations? Palavras-chaves: Ficção científica. Cinema. Ciberconflito. Cyberpunk.
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