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Summary Of 1984 By George Orwell

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Although media is responsible for the longevity of totalitarian political systems, in 1984 the author, George Orwell, criticizes the influences of media in society because it has negative effects on youth, and supports the abuse of governmental power over citizens. Within the dynamics of the social environment, media is always present in life, being like parasites that live in people’s minds and feed from their ideologies. In other words, individuals are no longer allowed to regress in a kind of evolutionary scale of communication, and media discourse increases more and more. Consequently, governments take advantage of propaganda and do nothing more than expand the possibilities of political privileges, economic gains and social superiority
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