Fire and Lies, lock people away.
Manufactured consent creates ignorance and conformity, sheltering societies away from reality.
Manufactured consent is evident in society through censorship in media where information is manipulated. This concept is evident through literature, such as dystopian fiction. Dystopian fiction often utilises the concept of Manufactured Consent to create warnings for readers regarding what may happen when a society is unaware of social movements.
Ray Bradbury’s novel, ‘Fahrenheit 451’, introduces readers to Clarisse, An individual oppressed through the expectations and pessimistic government. Comparably, the television show ‘Stranger Things', directed by the Duffer Brothers, reveals the character of Eleven, as an outcast.
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As when people are vulnerable, they turn to guidance from sinister authorities. Thus, Bradbury uses both this metaphor and the example of the character Clarisse, to convey manufactured consent, and reveal how these powerful institutions manipulate people's thoughts, through their dependency on technology and the isolation of individuals who are ‘different’. Proving that, the censorship of media and misuse of manufactured consent destroys individuality and divides …show more content…
(S1 EP8) In this scene, the camera angle is shot over Papa's shoulder, cornering Eleven within the screen, creating the physical sense of Eleven's vulnerability. The lighting is considerably darker, creating shadows and the emotion of unsettlement and fear. This scene places viewers in Eleven's eyes, to see the clear injustice and abuse of authority, manufactured consent and lies from ‘Papa’.
Within these episodes, the Duffer Brothers used the concept of manufactured consent to present how the censorship of truth and manipulation of information affects individuals such as Eleven, and her relationship to society. Eleven's constant isolation from society, censorship of information and misuse of manufactured consent, resulted in the suppression of her individuality in order to fulfil the government's purpose of exploring the ‘Upside