Technology In George Orwell's 1984

They are forcing them to double think; two opposing thoughts that contradicts one another. The party not only controls the people through psychological manipulation, but also with physical discipline.

In 1984, Inner and Outer Party members have to change the way they behave in front of telescreens by hiding their emotions and facial expressions to avoid getting in trouble, just the way people portray themselves differently for social media to avoid offending others and as a result being judged and harassed. The telescreens are used by the Police to monitor the Inner and Outer Party members and detect if they are breaking the rules and as a result getting vaporized. Therefore, Party members change their actions

The other key way in which the Party maintains the society is through control of the past. The Party holds the slogan "Who control the past control the future; who controls the present controls the past."(204), which means that if the citizens of the Party have no previous events to base feelings on, they will never oppose the Party because they have never known anything else. The Party even keeps members in the dark about recent events by teaching people to hold two contradictory ideas simultaneously as truth. Such an idea is named doublethink. An example of the concept put into action, is the Party vaporizing enemies and convincing citizens that the person who they had just had recent contact with never really existed. This is exactly what happened to Withers as

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires that cell phone companies in the U.S. make 95 percent of their phones traceable by technology to enable quick location of an individual in the case of an emergency (Burten, C., 2012).

The Party exists. Big Brother is the embodiment of the Party” (Orwell 214). Monitoring people’s unapproved actions, the Party gains power, therefor, Surveillance frightened citizens follow their duties. To Winston, it shaped perspective of himself and the world.

A further important contributing factor, highlighting the importance of the party’s use of Big Brother in order to maintain control over society, is the lack of freedom, independence, and individualism of the citizens. The party is shown to destroy any sense of independence and individuality amongst its citizens, illustrated by the fact that they all wear the same blue uniform, eat the same food, and live in

In this society, the Inner and Outer Party members are constantly being reminded of the Party’s power and are essentially brainwashed into thinking what the Party wants them to think and do at all times. Things like propaganda, two-minutes hate (rallies where Party members must watch a video of the Party’s enemies and express hatred towards them), telescreens which watch the people’s every move, and most importantly fear of being vaporized from their very world are what drives the citizens towards obedience and towards support for the Party. Orwell even says, “Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing” (Orwell 3). These examples show the many ways that the Party exercises its control. With all these things surrounding these people’s lives, it is no wonder they live in fear and are brainwashed. All they know and will ever know is of the Party. As Marx predicted, the Party controls the means of production in Oceania, so therefore they control Oceania itself (“Marxist Theory”

He trusts Mr. Charrington who he barely knew enough to rent a room from him, without worrying about the fact that he may be in fact a member of the Thought Police. The fact that the room did not have a screen clouds his judgement, allowing him to make such a fatal mistake. The Party not only uses these telescreens to instill fear into their citizens, but also to make them feel completely safe when one does not appear to be present. This immediate comfort shows the extent that the Party uses these telescreens to frighten their citizens.

The government is not as it appears, contrary to how the population views it. In his novel, 1984, George Orwell discusses how the government in London took full control of the people, brainwashing them into believing they were trying to help them. The government’s supposed means of “help” was actually a method to spy on and take away the rights of the citizens. Similar to this fictional government, our present day news articles discuss evidence of the ways our government is currently spying on people, taking away their rights of privacy.

Reading AOW # 10, explains a lot of reasons to keep your phone safe from hackers and the government. you can't trust anyone anymore. some want to do harm to others and others wants to help and do good to others, when they get too much power and can control it, then become evil. like the NSA ( National Security Agency). The NSA was a program that intercepts, decodes, and analyzes foreign communication- such as emails, telephone calls, radio, Morse code, and other “ signals intelligence”. The NSA is so big, that is stores billions of internet communication end cell phone record from the U.S. and around the world every day. NSA was created by President Truman in 1952 to code break the Soviet Union communication. no one knew about the NSA during the 10 years opening in the

Telescreens were present in each member of the inner house party as well as the members of the outer house party , except the proles as they were not considered important by the party , it was due to their

The telescreen, as people do not know when they are being watched, so as a result they continually police themselves. This gives the thought police and the party the power to dominate, as they can see without being seen.

The populace is scared into believing that any expression of defiance, even in their own homes, is illegal. Any violation or possible threat to the Party?s power will result in re-education and then, usually, death by vaporization or gunshot to the head. Telescreens constantly monitoring the public keep them weak and afraid. The omnipresent posters reminding them that the supposed Big Brother is watching them at all times also keeps them rigid and on alert. Citizens become hyperaware of their facial expressions, and everything they say has to first be mentally checked for any possibility that the phrase could be taken in a different manner, an illegal one. The Party also keeps the population in a near-constant state of exhaustion, the result of working long, hard, and tedious jobs. People are too tired to bother rebelling or harboring rebellious thoughts and ideas. By keeping them feeble and powerless, the government can make sure they won?t rise up against the Party.

One way the Party uses technology to have power over its citizens is through telescreens. Telescreens are everywhere from people’s work place, their home, and the cafeteria. These telescreens watches every citizen’s move. As George Orwell states in the book, “Big Brother is Watching You” (3). Without telescreens, the Thought Police would have little to no knowledge about citizens that create thoughtcrime. “Thoughtcrime” is an instance of controversial thinking, which is considered as a criminal offense or socially unacceptable.The constant supervision of the telescreens

The Party naturalizes the dominance that it has in the way that it constantly conducts surveillance on its members. Through the use of devices called telescreens, the government is able to observe every movement and sound made in the homes of members, on the streets of Oceania, and in the workplace. These telescreens act as modern day webcams and make the government privy to all things going on in the city. The footage transmitted from these screens is monitored by the Thought Police, and it is this government body that determines whether or not one is guilty of a crime. Since the members of the Party are so accustomed to being constantly