Black Boxes: Flat Worlds, Automated Subjects, and the Air France 447 Disaster.
When Air France flight 447 was lost in the Atlantic in 2009, stories about the disaster were initially set in the real space of the sky and ocean. Journalists and investigators searched for clues to a reality hidden in the depths of the sea. After the discovery of the aircraft's 'black box' flight r...
| Publicado en: | Social Analysis Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25 |
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Berghahn Books
2025
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