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Psychological Manipulation In George Orwell's Black Mirror

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Black Mirror is a science fiction anthology series that explores the conflicts between human follies and mankind's greatest inventions. This episode is called Nosedive and it takes place in a not-too-distant future in which citizens can rate one another after every conversation. This rating system is then used to determine one's socioeconomic status and place in society. When a woman becomes too obsessed with status and popularity, she spirals into a paranoid state. Psychological Manipulation In 1984, the Party manipulates information in order to brainwash citizens into believing that the Party is always correct and knows what's right for the citizens. In consequence, citizens of Oceania become sheep and brainless followers of government propaganda with no individuality whatsoever. Similarly, in Nosedive, the societal construct manipulates citizens into believing that their self-worth is solely dependent on popularity. This notion prompts citizens to conform to the norm and standards so that they are like everyone else. Since everyone puts on a facade to achieve popularity and status, there no longer is any genuity behind their actions or authenticity. Corporate Control …show more content…

There’s Victory gin, Victory coffee, Victory cigarettes and of course, Winston lives in Victory Mansions. The government deliberately markets items with the Victory branding to disillusion citizens into thinking that Oceania is an amazing, victorious country. By constantly being surrounded by the word victory, it also promotes patriotism within the country so that citizens are more prone to believe in Big Brother and the Party. All in all, the Victory branding is just another method for the Party to manipulate citizens into thinking Big Brother is great while suppressing citizens’ own thoughts, opinions and

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The Party’s control of information distributed to the populace goes in hand with The Party’s manipulation toward all the people in Oceania. Assigning different mysteries in charge of specific activities which do the exact opposite of what their name says. For example;The Ministry of Love tortures political prisoners,The Ministry of Peace purses war,The Ministry of Plenty rations the food supply to keep people near starvation, and The Ministry of Truth where Winston works spreads propaganda along with censoring all print media and revising history. Along with minister, The Party surrounds the people with inducements to ensure control of their independent thoughts and devotion toward The Party. Manipulation of importance given to the populace

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The novel 1984 by George Orwell depicts a dystopian society in which a single ruling party controls every aspect of its people's lives through different forms of propaganda. Winston, the main character of the novel, is a middle aged man who recounts the totalitarian society through his eyes. The Supreme leader of the ruling party, Big Brother, uses propaganda by not only posting his face around the land, but also by engraving children's minds with an allegiance to himself. In 1984 Winston makes the observation that “Nearly all children nowadays were horrible” due to the immense use of propaganda to brainwash them (Orwell 24).

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