Orwellian Reflections and Technocracy in the Modern Digital Age
Orwellian Reflections and Technocracy in the Modern Digital Age by by
Karen Kennedy
COMM 350 Fall 2012
Dr. Peggy O’Neill Jones
Karen Kennedy
COMM 350 Fall 2012
Dr. Peggy O’Neill Jones
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Content curation #2 examples 1.1 #2 perspectives 1.2 #2 resources 1.3 #3
Chapter 2 – self reflection of technocracy #4
Section 2.1 – technocracy and its altered states #4
Section 2.2 – course of action: digital media influences #5
Section 2.3 – conscientious objectors
Chapter 3 – original perspective & analysis #6
Section 3.1 – today’s digital media and its effects on our lives #7
Section 3.2 – george orwell 1984: tin-foiled hat-wearing quack #7
Section 3.3 – 2012: In and out of the matrix #8
BIBLIOGRAPHY #9
content curation 1|ONE
Examples
1. World Conference on International Telecommunications Conference 2012 – This highly anticipated technology conference was first held in 1986 in Melbourne, Australia, at a time when the concept of the “internet” was a window of opportunity opening wide to the masses. This year, the conference is being held in Dubai, India; one of the world’s epicenters of emerging economies. 2. Facebook – This antithesis of “privacy” is currently the largest social networking community on Earth. Boasting a population of over 1 billion registered users (Huffington Post, 2012); Facebook has been the subject of crimes against users with regard to privacy practices. Facebook is at the center of the debate over privacy and its short and long term effects on the populous. Users seem oblivious of the privacy issues, willingly displaying private aspects of their lives over the internet, without restraint. 3. The August Forecast & Review – “Technocracy’s End Game: Global SmartGrid – The August Forecast Review is a site dedicated to educating the public on conspiracy FACT, not simply THEORY. The writers publish articles related to today’s issues that related directly to the economy, including
Karen Kennedy
COMM 350 Fall 2012
Dr. Peggy O’Neill Jones
Karen Kennedy
COMM 350 Fall 2012
Dr. Peggy O’Neill Jones
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Content curation #2 examples 1.1 #2 perspectives 1.2 #2 resources 1.3 #3
Chapter 2 – self reflection of technocracy #4
Section 2.1 – technocracy and its altered states #4
Section 2.2 – course of action: digital media influences #5
Section 2.3 – conscientious objectors
Chapter 3 – original perspective & analysis #6
Section 3.1 – today’s digital media and its effects on our lives #7
Section 3.2 – george orwell 1984: tin-foiled hat-wearing quack #7
Section 3.3 – 2012: In and out of the matrix #8
BIBLIOGRAPHY #9
content curation 1|ONE
Examples
1. World Conference on International Telecommunications Conference 2012 – This highly anticipated technology conference was first held in 1986 in Melbourne, Australia, at a time when the concept of the “internet” was a window of opportunity opening wide to the masses. This year, the conference is being held in Dubai, India; one of the world’s epicenters of emerging economies. 2. Facebook – This antithesis of “privacy” is currently the largest social networking community on Earth. Boasting a population of over 1 billion registered users (Huffington Post, 2012); Facebook has been the subject of crimes against users with regard to privacy practices. Facebook is at the center of the debate over privacy and its short and long term effects on the populous. Users seem oblivious of the privacy issues, willingly displaying private aspects of their lives over the internet, without restraint. 3. The August Forecast & Review – “Technocracy’s End Game: Global SmartGrid – The August Forecast Review is a site dedicated to educating the public on conspiracy FACT, not simply THEORY. The writers publish articles related to today’s issues that related directly to the economy, including
Bibliography: First reference. Orwell, George, (web copy copyrighted 2003) 1984 – The book on the web; Retrieved from: http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/0.html web part 1, chapter 1; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2012) Retrieved from: http://www.gatesfoundation.org Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Wikipedia (2012) Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff Wikipedia, “The Matrix” (2012) Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix Wired Magazine, (2010) “The Year in Alternate Reality Games” Retrieved from: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/12/the-year-in-alternate-reality-games/