Metaphors of the future and the power of images in the British TV drama Spooks |
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| Institution: | 1. English Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Dr Zorana Djindjica 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia;2. Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University, Karadjordjeva 65, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia;1. Computer Engineering Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;2. Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;3. Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran;1. Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education / CUNY Medical School, 160 Convent Ave, City College of New York, United States;2. Virginia Tech University, Virginia Tech Department of Statistics, 403E Hutcheson Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States;3. Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 5510 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224-6823, United States;4. Advanced Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, United States;5. Department of Psychology, Harris Hall Suite 14, City College of New York, United States;6. Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, x39492, Canada;7. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada;1. Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, Parque tecnológico de Boecillo, Av. Abraham Zacuto 10, Parque Tecnológico Boecillo (Boecillo), Valladolid 4715, Spain;2. Departamento Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones e Ingeniería Telemática, Universidad de Valladolid, E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación, Campus Miguel Delibes, Paseo de Belén 15, Valladolid 47011, Spain;1. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Vuorimiehentie 3, Espoo 02044 VTT, Finland;2. Faculty of Business and Society, University of South Wales, Llantwit Road, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, Wales, UK |
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| Abstract: | Our analysis of metaphors of the future in the British TV drama Spooks is situated within the phenomenon of television as a complex narrative and global media product at the time of the proclaimed war on terror. We claim that the conceptualization of the future is shaped by the notion of the conflicts between civilizations, in which various Others are produced by media and military discourses as a threat to western civilization. The dominant discourses in Spooks involve the manageable future (as a destination and a framework) and the future as judgment and apocalypse (which can be avoided through the process of macro-securitization that relies on predictive analysis and the efforts of competent individuals). We explore the anticipatory aspect of the series since it predicted geopolitical trends such as 7/7, the Ukrainian crises and the negative perception of Russia. Spooks deconstructs the notion of a homogenous Western alliance and exposes the hypocrisy of the war on terror which includes the violation of civil rights. Our analysis suggests that the series has transformative potential by offering alternative future perspectives of the different sides in the conflict. |
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| Keywords: | Metaphors Alternative futures TV drama Terrorism |
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