Orwell portrays aspects of propaganda in Oceania through media manipulation by the means of telescreens and the distorting of historical papers in order to hide the true intentions of the party. The forms of manipulation articulated within the novel signify the party’s willingness to propagate consistent politically charged messages through all forms of communication within Oceania. Hence, the central form of manipulation is through the existence of the telescreens and its continual surveillance. In the novel Winston Smith speaks about the consistent disproved messages from the party through the telescreen by stating;
“Day and night the telescreens bruised your ears with statistics proving that people today had more food, more clothes, better houses, better recreations — that they lived longer […] than the people of fifty years ago. Not a word of it could ever be proved or disproved” (Orwell, 77). …show more content…
This form of technology has the dual ability to display party ideologies and to constantly monitor the daily physical and emotional aspects of an individual’s life. Ultimately, the telescreens are a form of media utilized to mask the negligence of the government and rather propagandize false messages in order to display the party’s supremacy. Accordingly, the party ultimately has the inclination to use the telescreens to their own benefit rather than using it to ameliorate living standards as they claim through these continual messages. Likewise, another device used to portray propaganda is through substituting historical records with falsified ones to ensure that the party remains in control of the present by abolishing the past. Winston is employed within the Ministry of Truth in which he fabricates records under the command of the party, he describes this by
“Day and night the telescreens bruised your ears with statistics proving that people today had more food, more clothes, better houses, better recreations — that they lived longer […] than the people of fifty years ago. Not a word of it could ever be proved or disproved” (Orwell, 77). …show more content…
This form of technology has the dual ability to display party ideologies and to constantly monitor the daily physical and emotional aspects of an individual’s life. Ultimately, the telescreens are a form of media utilized to mask the negligence of the government and rather propagandize false messages in order to display the party’s supremacy. Accordingly, the party ultimately has the inclination to use the telescreens to their own benefit rather than using it to ameliorate living standards as they claim through these continual messages. Likewise, another device used to portray propaganda is through substituting historical records with falsified ones to ensure that the party remains in control of the present by abolishing the past. Winston is employed within the Ministry of Truth in which he fabricates records under the command of the party, he describes this by