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In the article “Why people perform better when they are being watched”, it talks about how being watched affects the outcome of the task that the person is doing.  When being watched, people seem to perform better then how they usually would work on a regular day.  Some key citations are... (in presentation)

How does this relate to 1984?

In 1984, the citizens are very well aware that they are being watched, one of the main sayings of the novel is “Big Brother is watching you”.  So, because they are aware that they are being watched, it affects the way they act.  I believe most of the citizens, except Winston, are putting a “mask” over their real personality.  The idea that they are being watched changes them very much and in the article, it provides scenarios that are very close to what is happening in 1984.

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Recently companies are developing robotic birds and using them as surveillance cameras. But, the only country that has actually used them is China. More than 30  agencies have used them for business purposes. But, the central government of certain regions have actually used them to spy on their people. These birds are so realistic that they can fly on their own and they attract other birds, which helps make them blend in more. Also, they make little to no sound.

How does this relate to 1984?

In 1984, the people are under surveillance 24/7 because the Party wants to make sure that they don’t do anything suspicious that would go against them.  In this article, the robotic doves in China have been used to keep people under surveillance so that there are no issues with separatism, which would go against the central government.

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China's robotic spy birds take surveillance to new heights

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Hi-tech drones that look and move like real birds have already flown over restive Xinjiang region

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Surveillance would be one of the main subjects in this topic of loss of privacy. Everybody in Oceania is under surveillance 24/7. The reason for this is because the Party wants to make sure they are not doing anything suspicious.

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In 1984, children are turned against their parents and taught to spy on them. They can become a “child hero” by reporting their parents for thoughtcrime to Big Brother

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The Thought Police are secret police who punish people for thinking illegal thoughts. If the thought is not approved by the Party, then it is considered illegal. For example, thinking “down with big brother”, would be committing thought crime.  Thought crime is unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question the Party’s actions.

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Technology in 1984 has different purposes than it does today.  In this book technology is not used for social media such as Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, etc.  It is used as a way to keep people under control and under surveillance. For example, the telescreens are used to capture every aspect of these people’s lives, no matter where they are.

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Big brother is a character that is mentioned many times in 1984 but even though he seems real, in reality, he is fictional.  He is the fictional leader of Oceania and he is used as a way to scare their society into following the unfair rules that have been put into place.

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The participants performed the task both in front of an audience of two and with no one watching. Their brain activity was monitored with functional magnetic resonance imaging.

While people were watching, participants were an average of five percent better at the video game - and as much as 20 percent better. Only two participants didn't perform better in front of others.

But if the audience was a lot bigger, and the stakes higher, the results could have gone the other way.

"Here, people with social anxiety tended to perform better," added Dr Chib. "But at some point, the size of the audience could increase the size of one's anxiety. ... We still need to figure that out."

The research was published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.

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Why people perform better when they are being watched

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The participants performed the task both in front of an audience of two and with no one watching. Their brain activity was monitored with functional magnetic resonance imaging. While people were watching, participants were an average of five percent better at the video game - and as much as 20 percent better.