Technology is used as a measuring stick for how advanced we are. One could say that the human race is more advanced than animals because of the technology that it has. Technology is a great thing, but it can also be used for controlling people. In the book 1984, George Orwell gives one a great view of the possible horrors that could come out of technology when it’s used for the purpose of control. In this book, the telescreen is an instrument of technolog

Winston was caught by the Thought Police because the whole time he thought that there was no telescreen in Mr. Charrington’s room, there actually was one behind a picture. “The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it” (Orwell 221). In this case, the Party was using it for security, in case someone committed a thoughtcrime. As far as surveillance goes, the telescreens are used to keep people aware of Big Brother and to make sure people stay in line. This use of technology keeps people weary of their own thoughts and disrupts their own privacy. These are the impacts that technology can have on people.

y that is used for this purpose. The two main functions of the telescreen are surveillance and propaganda.

Since September 11, 2001 the television has been producing a constant buzz of national pride and a distaste for a certain person. Except the difference is that televisions can be turned off and telescreens cannot. All of the hate directed at Osama Bin Laden is the same type of hate projected at Goldstein. The propaganda is used to direct hate towards these people through the use of technology, whether it be telescreens or televisions. This is one thing that could come out of technology when it's used for manipulation.

The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct - in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and except in darkness, every movement scruntinized. (Orwell 3)

The telescreens are devices like televisions that are placed everywhere in Oceania and project images and announcements controlled by the Party. It's a useful tactic made by the Party because they are able to show or say anything they want on these tele

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