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Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism a modern autocratic government in which the
state involves itself in all facets of society, including the daily life of
its citizens. A totalitarian government seeks to control not only all
economic and political matters but the attitudes, values, and
beliefs of its population, era sing the distinction between state and
society.
Examples of totalitarianism:
Nazi Germany.
China under Mao rule.
1984
The Handmaid’s tale.
Source: The Columbia Encyclopaedia
Areas of communication that must be controlled.
Formal Interactions with other people.
Information that is fed to you.
The Handmaid’s Tale
“Jannine was like a puppy that had
been kicked to often, by too many
people at random: she’d roll over for
anyone, she’d tell anything for just a
moment of approbation”
Prescribed Words.
“The Ceremony”
“Salvaging”
“Particution”
Communication
Nineteen Eighty-Four
“Don’t you see that the whole aim
of news speak is to narrow the
range of thought, in the end we
shall make thought crime literally
impossible because there will be
no words to express it”
“The purpose of Newspeak was
not only to provide a medium of
expression for the world-view and
mental habits proper to the
devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all
other modes of thought
impossible.”
Thought
• Thought or thinking is a mental process
which allows beings to model the world, and
so to deal with it effectively according to their
goals, plans, ends and desires. Words
referring to similar concepts and processes in
the English language include cognition,
sentience, consciousness, idea, and
imagination.
• Thinking involves manipulation of information,
as when we form concepts, engage in
problem solving, reason and make decisions.
Propaganda
Propaganda is a specific type
of message presentation
directly aimed at influencing
the opinions of people, rather
than impartially providing
information.
Examples:
Nazi Germany
Russian Revolution
The Cold War
This…………
Or This…………….
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Use of propaganda in Subjugation
Nepoleon and Squealer convince the
animals of the farm that Snowball (the
previous ruler of the farm, who
Nepolean drove out) was reasonable for
the destruction occurring on Animal
Farm. Eventually Nepolean abuses his
power of the animals to change history
in order to villainise Snowball even
more.
Hotel Rwanda
Effect of the “Media” on a
population limited in their
movements or limited in the
information they receive.
“….Used their media outlets to
encourage violence against Tutsis
during the 100 day long massacre
instituted by the majority Hutus”
Ludwig
Wittgenstein
“The Limits of my language are
The limits of my world”