Use And Misuse Of Journalism In George Orwell's '1984'
Introduction
George Orwell’s ‘1984’ provides a minute account of the sophisticated relation between the media and society. One of Orwell’s astute observations regarding the two is that they simultaneously influence each other, up to point of symbiosis. The use and misuse of journalism is one of the central motifs in Orwell’s novel and, even though it was written in 1949, its actuality is overwhelming. Following his line of reasoning, this paper is based on the hypothesis that the modern media news, as the most influential contemporary type of text, should be given special consideration, as it affects views and perspectives worldwide.
At the heart of understanding the media and its influence on society, one must set out to investigate the …show more content…
Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RiT4cdCJYs
(Accessed: 5th May 2011)
Wikileaks (2011). What is Wikileaks?. Available: http://wikileaks.ch/About.html. (Accessed: 7th May 2010)
Electronic Sources: emails
Leo Whitlock. lwhitlock@thekmgroup.co.uk. Interview. Mon, 28th February, 2011.
Leo Whitlock. lwhitlock@thekmgroup.co.uk. Interview. Mon, 9th May, 2011.
Philip Knightley. phillipgk@aol.com. Interview. Mon, 24 February, 2011
DVD
Weapons of mass deception (2004) [DVD] USA: Globalvision
Appendices
From:
Leo Whitlock lwhitlock@thekmgroup.co.uk
To:
Irina Sangeorzan <ditzu_2688@yahoo.com>
Irina
Quote is fine.
Our first criteria is: Is it local or concern someone who is local? Then we assess stories on their news value and how old they are. In terms of our content, most of the content on the news pages is written by my reporters. We buy some stories in from court reporting agencies. People write their own opinion pieces, we pay for some nostalgia content, the village correspondents write the village news and our sports desk is heavily reliant on reports of sports fixtures that are sent into them.
Cheers
Leo Leo Whitlock
Editor
George Orwell’s ‘1984’ provides a minute account of the sophisticated relation between the media and society. One of Orwell’s astute observations regarding the two is that they simultaneously influence each other, up to point of symbiosis. The use and misuse of journalism is one of the central motifs in Orwell’s novel and, even though it was written in 1949, its actuality is overwhelming. Following his line of reasoning, this paper is based on the hypothesis that the modern media news, as the most influential contemporary type of text, should be given special consideration, as it affects views and perspectives worldwide.
At the heart of understanding the media and its influence on society, one must set out to investigate the …show more content…
Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RiT4cdCJYs
(Accessed: 5th May 2011)
Wikileaks (2011). What is Wikileaks?. Available: http://wikileaks.ch/About.html. (Accessed: 7th May 2010)
Electronic Sources: emails
Leo Whitlock. lwhitlock@thekmgroup.co.uk. Interview. Mon, 28th February, 2011.
Leo Whitlock. lwhitlock@thekmgroup.co.uk. Interview. Mon, 9th May, 2011.
Philip Knightley. phillipgk@aol.com. Interview. Mon, 24 February, 2011
DVD
Weapons of mass deception (2004) [DVD] USA: Globalvision
Appendices
From:
Leo Whitlock lwhitlock@thekmgroup.co.uk
To:
Irina Sangeorzan <ditzu_2688@yahoo.com>
Irina
Quote is fine.
Our first criteria is: Is it local or concern someone who is local? Then we assess stories on their news value and how old they are. In terms of our content, most of the content on the news pages is written by my reporters. We buy some stories in from court reporting agencies. People write their own opinion pieces, we pay for some nostalgia content, the village correspondents write the village news and our sports desk is heavily reliant on reports of sports fixtures that are sent into them.
Cheers
Leo Leo Whitlock
Editor