Big Brother Meet Big Data
In George Orwell’s 1984, the story depicted a nightmarish vision of a world run by a totalitarian state. While it is thought to be a denunciation of Stalinism, it is more broadly, a fictional example of the realities surrounding authoritative power. While there are differing systems of government with varying severities of control, all forms manipulate meaning. From the shift from twentieth century propaganda to censorship in the current twenty-first century, the state has historically decided what is shown and […]
