Teknofili, teknologiske trusler og tid - En tematisk analyse av TV-serien Years and Years

In a world saturated with ever-evolving technology art forms such as TV-series can help us process and reflect on what is going on around us and give us insight into possible future developments with regards to technology. This thesis explores these themes by doing a treatment of the British dystopian TV-series Years and Years (2019) which depicts how a middle class family in Manchester experiences societal and technological changes from 2019 to 2035. Within the framework of research on contemporary complex TV series (Dunleavy, 2017; Mittell, 2015), this thesis undertakes an in-depth, chronological close reading of all six episodes of Years and Years where, among other things, dialogue, int…