1. Project instruction
Cultural issues

2. Generational monsters
The theories in the article to explain the popularity of the films, novels or TV dramas?
Generational monsters
Risk and anxiety about the new technology
globalisation

3. Generational monsters
In each generation, people have things to fear which is represented by all sorts of monsters.
late 19th century, Fu Manchu, huge number of Chinese immigrants
1950s-1960s radiation-mutated monsters
1970s, lost faith in the government and powerful corporations
1980s-1990s, the fear of AIDS

4. Risk and anxiety about the new technology
20th century, new technology was believed to solve all the problems we had.
21th century, unpredictable new scientific development has become the major concern of a lot of people
human beings might extinct

5. Globalisation
Anthony Giddens: “emptying of time and space”

6. Questions to answer
Why are people concerned about the unpredictable development in science and technology?
Artificial intelligence

7. Essay question
Review a film or TV drama that has become popular, in which human concerns of new technology is reflected. Analyze the reason why it becomes popular.

8. The reflection of human fear in cultural products
New TV dramas:
Utopia
Wayward Pines: A place to die for