1984 George Orwell Research Paper

Is Our Technology Taking Us Closer to the World of Big Brother? According to Nielsen's Total Audience Report in 2015, Americans aged 18 and older spend more than 11 hours a day watching television, listening to the radio, or using smartphones and other electronic devices (Richter). Today, people increasingly rely upon internet, television, and other types of media for information about the country and the rest of the world. Unique to the present, people have the answers to any question at their fingertips. The only problem with this is the amount of time people spend on their phones to access these vessels since the more time people use this technology, the more their privacy is at risk. In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother has full

The iPhone allows consumers to access the internet, make purchases, share location, take pictures/videos, download innumerable applications, and more all on top of its original purpose of making calls/ sending texts. This advanced technology which can fit into one’s pocket can be compared to the telescreen in the novel with the fact that both keep record on the activities one engages in, who he/she communicates with, and even see what she/he is doing at the moment. The difference between these two devices is, “The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely,” (Orwell, 2). As soon as the iPhone makers develop a constant ‘on’ apparatus, then the world will be a mirrored image of

It can be compared to when the telescreen broadcasts and highlights the downfalls or the privacy of their citizens to the rest of the region. Researchers cited, “Over the last decade, studies in organizations studies and information systems have found that mobile technologies and applications are increasingly being used to share information in policing”, most of which is about other people (Dunkerley). As people post material about others, users continue to believe the information, making judgements and decisions upon these pretenses, just as in 1984. In contrast, many of the social media users chose to let the rest of the world know what they are thinking and their opinions on a variety of topics without excessive restrictions. In the world of Oceania, the people are at a disadvantage since everyone is against each other. For example, Parsons would not have been incriminated for thought crime despite his daughter’s prosecution of him (233). Again, today’s world encompasses something along the same lines, people against people. We can often observe these acts in media every time an article is published with slander about a person or rumors about a Hollywood star. Since the most popular stories are the ones that generate the most money, people often throw one another under the bus, disregarding them for the slight reward of more views. The world is not far from negative change and as