https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe Evan Preston Caitie Kylie en-us 2017-11-06 21:11:41 UTC 2017-11-08 06:59:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Condos.png gymnastkylie https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204131180 - Winston revises the record in the order to reinforce the Party’s version of what they stated in the past and present. 
- “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
- "It was therefore necessary to rewrite a paragraph of Big Brother's speech, in such a way as to make him predict the thing that had actually happened."]]> 2017-11-06 21:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204131180 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204132361 - The party abuses its power over the citizens by taking away their rights and prohibiting everything. The absolute control creates fear among the people so that it is easier to exploit form them, thus form a loop that is ultimately beneficial to the Party.
- "You had to live- did live- from habit that became instinct- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard and, except in darkness, every moment scrutinised." 
- “thought crime does not entail death; thought crime is death.”]]> 2017-11-06 21:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204132361 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204662855 - The term “censorship,” when applied to American laws, refers to the government's act of banning or altering media, speech, or performances which are offensive or dangerous to the public.
- China has largely blocked the WhatsApp messaging app to step up surveillance ahead of a big Communist Party in the last month. Including different softwares, Chinese government limits the use of foreign domain and monitors the domestic websites as well.
- Supreme leader Kim Jong Un retains an tight grip on the flow of public information in North Korea. All media is state-owned, and information are highly controlled.]]> 2017-11-08 03:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204662855 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204664693 - The Party isolates every single person so that it's easy to dominate and to manipulate the society because there is no solidarity.
- “You did not have friends nowadays, you had comrades.”
- The Party further prevent any romantic relationships by creating organisations like Anti-Sex Leagues which oppose to any sexual attraction.]]> 2017-11-08 03:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204664693 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204665394 2017-11-08 03:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204665394 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204667032 - In North Korea, access to the Web is restricted to foreigners and only a select few citizens. Kim Jong-un has intensified the repression and intimidation against ordinary North Koreans trying to contact the outside world.
(https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/north-koreas-self-imposed-isolation/)
- Countries like Somalia and Myanmar are also highly isolated due to limited transportation, internet, and imports.]]> 2017-11-08 04:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204667032 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204670591 2017-11-08 04:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204670591 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204670822 - In modern days, many reported police officers use excessive force on civilians who are't in circumstances of serious criminal violations.
- Many concerns of abuse of power related to U.S Criminal Justice System for its unjust arrests and detainment (such as US PATRIOT Act)
- Corruptions
- ? https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/08/28/trump-exemplifies-abuse-of-power/]]> 2017-11-08 04:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204670822 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671003 - Relates to all the techniques that party uses, dehumanization is the results of manipulation of technology, language, media, and history. Citizens are oppressed and degraded in this society.
- By deceiving the people, the Party is able to maintain support, and therefore power.
- "The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought"]]> 2017-11-08 04:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671003 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671011 - Many argue that technology has created opportunities for the world to shrink through communication, collaboration, and lots of productivity tools. But it has also created opportunities for wasting time; this causes people not to build physical relationship.
- There are still violence against people with different races and social status. A study even shows that some groups in America are considered less human than others.
(http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-28934-001)]]> 2017-11-08 04:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671011 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671102 - The new use of Newspeak will soon limit the people of Oceania to only a certain amount of words, therefore not allowing them to express their opinions, and decreasing the chances of a rebellion.
- "In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words – in reality, only one word. Don't you see the beauty of that, Winston?" ]]> 2017-11-08 04:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671102 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671117 - In 2017, Donald Trump is known to have a habit of manipulating his words when answering a question to make it seem like he is giving a justified answer, when in reality, he is derailing from the topic of conversation, and actually avoiding the question.
- Trump sometimes says nothing while creating the appearance of a statement, littering sentences with inflated adjectives, muddled grammar and digressive clauses that derail whatever meaning his sentence started out with. Leaving such words open to interpretation, he can please white supremacists who hear dog whistles, insist that critics “misunderstand” him, and contradict himself endlessly" (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/18/donald-trump-media-manipulation-tactics)
- "If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought." (Orwell)
- Not so much language, but in today's society, it is easy for an image or a quote to be manipulated by the media to produce an unrealistic outcome. For example, the use of Photoshop, in getting people to believe a fallacy.]]> 2017-11-08 04:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204671117 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204672779 - The gap between the rich and the poor, or in this case, Party members and the proles, is apparent by the differences in the ways they are treated from Big Brother. ]]> 2017-11-08 04:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204672779 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204672793 2017-11-08 04:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204672793 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204673131 2017-11-08 04:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204673131 1194943474 https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204683936 2017-11-08 06:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/1194943474/9treb9a1ffxe/wish/204683936