Lacie is a 4.2, to get a discount on the apartment she must reach a 4.5, it’s not about whether the apartment is suitable for her as an individual but more the individual she could become.
If you have a high rate, you are well-respected and probably a rich person, if you have a lower rate, you are looked down upon, and you don’t have as many opportunities in society as those with higher points/rates. People have so-called points ranging from 0-5. Lacie lives in a small apartment with her brother, but she wants to move to a more luxurious apartment that is too expensive for her current economic situation. In a world of social networking, Lacie Pound is recklessly working hard to raise her account points on a communication platform on the internet. In this essay, I will first objectively summarize the episode and then write my reflections and response to the episode using my own experience and other resources to discuss social media’s impact on teenagers. The episode “Nosedive” begins to be exposed to the culture of the internet, which depicts a world in which one’s livelihood and status in society depends on their popularity on the internet.
This is the area that the series explores, the meaning of the title “black mirror” is the mirror you see on every wall and desk and in every hand, a television screen or a computer or a shiny new smartphone (Indy100 2018). The series is a commentary on and criticism of contemporary issues, especially the dependence of people on technology in all aspects of their lives, to the extent that they are about to be unable to communicate without it.