Pop culture and media reflecting contemporary issues and societal anxieties.

On the Record with Fiona Bartholomaeus, speaking with Dr Steven Conway a senior lecturer of games and interactivity at Swinburne University regarding the highly anticipated first-person shooter video game titled Deathloop. The themes of the game reflect on the receptiveness of COVID19 and lock-down, the continued loop restarts if the character fails the challenges or dies in the game.

Fiona and Steven also discuss the long running trend of pop culture media reflecting contemporary issues and societal anxieties. Why we tend to resonate with the physiological and social issues that the protagonists deal with. As well as why art and media tend to reflect current world, cultural and societal events and how this shapes the content we consume.

10 – Pop culture and societal issues