https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia Made with a dash of wit en-us 2017-02-15 07:18:53 UTC 2017-02-24 05:02:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png ezambrano https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153930845 Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions. 

Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.

]]> 2017-02-15 07:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153930845 ezambrano https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153930929 Characteristics of a Dystopian Society
• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
• Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
• A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
• Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
• The natural world is banished and distrusted.
• Citizens conform to uniform expectations. Individuality and dissent are bad.
• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.]]> 2017-02-15 07:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153930929 ezambrano https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153931121 The Dystopian Protagonist
• often feels trapped and is struggling to escape.
• questions the existing social and political systems.
• believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
• helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world
through his or her perspective. ]]> 2017-02-15 07:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153931121 ezambrano https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153931261 Most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls:
• Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media.
• Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials.
• Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through
computers, robots, and/or scientific means.
• Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic
government. ]]> 2017-02-15 07:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153931261 ezambrano https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153931470 1. Censorship
2. Knowledge vs Ignorance
3. Conformity vs Individuality
4. The Search for Identity
5. Distraction vs Happiness
6. Action vs Inaction
7. The Power of Science
8. Role of Technology
10. Law and Justice]]> 2017-02-15 07:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153931470 ezambrano https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153932466 2017-02-15 07:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ezambrano/dystopia/wish/153932466