Teresa Crisantos, #7-7, 4/18/19

4/18/19

Today we finished presenting our our 1984 lesson projects. Group three finished presenting their lesson about information and history manipulation. Then group four presented their lesson on physical control, and finally group five presented their lesson on technological manipulation.

Group three went first as they had to finish their presentation. We did the activity which is pictured below

To answer this activity a member from group six used information and twisted it to try to convince the rest of the class that it never occurred. They took information and portrayed it in a completely different way to the class to try to make them believe. This activity shows how in 1984 the party uses very similar techniques to make the people believe what they want. They manipulate history and only allow certain things to be know to the public which allows them to control them more easily.

After this activity the group summarized what was discussed throughout the lesson and go on to say how the manipulation of history goes on in real life and that we have to be aware of this.

This is the link to the full presentation- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Na4Q1RG73D2bJF62JjKty6unzrzkQWthfaotTukqaXw

After group three finished their presentation group five went on to present their lesson about physical control

For the do now we had a class discussion about whether or not someone did something again after they were punished for the same thing before. Based on the class discussion we came to the conclusion that depending of the severity of the action that was being punished most people would not do it again. In addition how the physical control of being punished allows for people to be more easily manipulated.

The definition of physical control is the ability to manipulate any movement of a person or control their every action. It can be done through the use of enforced activities or scare tactics. The purpose of physical control in 1984 is to enforce loyalty to the party. Some examples of this are the two minute, the physical jerks, the telescreens, and the ministry of love.

Punishment is used in controlling the people of Oceania by having them tortured for a couple of months or sometimes years. This causes for people to have fear towards having ideas that do not align with that of the party. The people of Oceania are tortured until they confess what they have done and love big brother. Winston’s behavior before being brought to the ministry of love is that of a rebel. He has many thoughts that are against the party but did not dare say them aloud. Meanwhile    in the place he starts to confess to everything and begins to start thinking like the r est and begins to love big brother. He goes from thinking 2+2=4 to aligning with the party and thinking 2+2=5

Here is the link for the full presentation-
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11VV9zzfT8uQqiVUW8DQsLq1o28jwRSVO902jR9gOGo0

The final group to present was group five and their presentation was on technological manipulation.

For the Do Now as a class we discussed the many ways we could use technology to manipulate the people and sway them to our side. A couple students said that we could use tracking devices on peoples phones as now in this day people always are on their phones. In addition to tracking them you could also use the cameras to look at people at all times and make sure they are following what you say. You could also use the microphone in order to share with people the information you wanted.

For the class activity we used https://www.nationstates.net/ to create our own nation to see what effects the limitations we set on peopl had on the nation as a whole. We were able to see as the more control we had over the people the less ideas they had and less rights.

In this slide were able to see how technology was controlled in 1984 and what the effects were. Most people lived in fear and did not have privacy and the right to think of their own ideas. The telescreens were vital so the party could keep a close watch on the people and to make sure they  were not having ideas that threatened their power. In the next two slides we were able to see how this relates to things that are happing in real life. For example how in china a lot things are blocked on the internet by the government to make sure people do not know information threy want to keep a secret.  In addition china is developing new surveillance programs which could recognize people and the way they walk and through high level facial recognition software. We also saw how in the Soviet Union they controlled their people through propaganda distributed by radio, television, and posters.

Many students argued that any government should not have extensive control of technology and media. This is due to the fact that everyone should have a right to their privacy and if people are monitored all the time they do not have this therefore they can not do as they please and have their own train of thought. If this is the case a society will never be able to change because the people will always do and think what the leaders want them to.

Here is the link for the full presentation-
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15P0A_XHLXrJ17Dt1MbYpzseTghxTNJrHyddl81ypues