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 Big Brother (1984) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother is the nominal leader of Oceania in Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel.
The reality TV program Big Brother takes its name from Nineteen Eighty-Four and a similarly named figure is big mama — the informal name for the internet censor on web boards in the People's Republic of China.
"Big Brother" is a dictator in a totalitarian state, taken to its utmost logical consequence.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Big_Brother_(1984)   (442 words)

  
 Big Brother (1984) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother is the nominal leader of Oceania in Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell's chilling dystopic novel.
The reality TV program Big Brother takes its name from Nineteen Eighty-Four and a similarly named figure is big mama — the informal name for the internet censor on web boards in the People's Republic of China.
"Big Brother" is a dictator in a totalitarian state, taken to its utmost logical consequence.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Big_Brother_(1984)   (442 words)

  
 Big Brother (1984) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Big Brother" is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence.
The physical description of "Big Brother" is reminiscent of Joseph Stalin or Lord Kitchener.
He is a face on the hoardings, a voice on the telescreen… Big Brother is the guise in which the Party chooses to exhibit itself to the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_(1984)   (631 words)

  
 Big Brother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother USA) The only association with Nineteen Eighty-Four is the fact that the shows feature constant surveillance of the participants, and there is a rule-enforcing authority figure monitoring their behaviour.
Big Brother, any omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, a voluntary organization that mentors youth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother   (631 words)

  
 Big Brother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother, a reality television series (also Big Brother UK, Big Brother Australia, Big Brother USA) The only association with Nineteen Eighty-Four is the fact that the shows feature constant surveillance of the participants, and there is a rule-enforcing authority figure monitoring their behaviour.
Big Brother, any omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, a band from San Francisco's psychedelic era, best known for its most famous lead singer, Janis Joplin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother   (631 words)

  
 Big Brother (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
Big Brother USA currently uses different rules than other countries' versions of the show, as it has starting with its second season (the first season followed the traditional format) In the US version, viewers do not vote for eviction; all voting is done by houseguests.
Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_television_program   (1917 words)

  
 Big Brother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother (1984), a character from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, a voluntary organization that mentors youth
Big Brother and the Holding Company, a band from San Francisco's psychedelic era, best-known for its most famous lead-singer, Janis Joplin
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother   (279 words)

  
 Nineteen Eighty-Four - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is perfectly possible that the conflict between Big Brother and Emmanuel Goldstein is in fact a conflict either between two fictitious or dead leaders, whose true purpose is to personify both the Party and its opponents.
1984 (For The Love of Big Brother) is the title of an album by the Eurythmics which was originally released in November 1984 as a partial soundtrack for the film adaptation.
Me and the Big Guy is a comedic short-film that satires the relationship betwixt Winston and Big Brother by portraying its main character, Citizen 43275-B, entirely grateful of the Revolution and treating his telescreen as if it were his own best friend.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four   (11263 words)

  
 Big Brother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother (1984), a character from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Authoritarianism, referred to as "Big Brother", any omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government, a concept from the above novel.
Big Brother and the Holding Company, a band from San Francisco's psychedelic era, best known for its most famous lead singer, Janis Joplin
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother   (270 words)

  
 Big Brother Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is named after the George Orwell character Big Brother from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The Big Brother Awards recognize "the government and private sector organizations...which have done the most to threaten personal privacy".
The following countries have their own version of the Big Brother Awards
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 Big Brother
(Try to imagine it: each morning as the characters in Nineteen Eighty-Four get up, Big Brother announces over the loudspeaker, "Beware, Big Brother").
In this non-Orwellian strange new world, there would be one law, and it would not be to revere Big Brother, and there would be one measure of success, and it would not be the ability to conform.
When Orwell predicted that Big Brother would have technology to watch us, he was right.
www.empathicparenting.org /empathicparenting/bigbroth.htm   (90 words)

  
 Big Brother television program - Online Gambling
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
Big Brother USA currently uses different rules than other countries' versions of the show, as it has starting with its second season.
"Big Brother" is a popular reality television format, where, over 10 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 10 or 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize.
www.community.online.gambling.name /wiki/index.php?title=Big_Brother_television_program   (1848 words)

  
 Big Brother (UK TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
The sixth series saw EFourum renamed and updated to Big Brother's Big Mouth.
Big Brother is a TV reality show shown on Channel 4 in which a number of contestants live in an isolated house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize at the end of the run.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_(UK_TV_series)   (1501 words)

  
 Big Brother (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
Big Brother USA currently uses a different set of rules from the other countries' versions of the show, as it has starting with its second season (the first season followed the traditional format) In the US version, viewers do not vote for eviction; all voting is done by houseguests.
Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_(TV_series)   (2326 words)

  
 Big Brother (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
Big Brother USA currently uses different rules than other countries' versions of the show, as it has starting with its second season (the first season followed the traditional format) In the US version, viewers do not vote for eviction; all voting is done by houseguests.
Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_television_program   (2326 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition LIFE & TIMES > Millions invested on ‘Pinoy Big Brother
The “big brother” concept is based on George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty- Four, published in 1948 and taken to be a warning against totalitarianism, in which the state spies on the activity of every individual.
The Philippines is the 31st country to have its own edition of the Big Brother show.
Pinoy Big Brother’s executive producer is Linggit Tan.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/aug/12/yehey/life/20050812lif6.html   (604 words)

  
 1998 UK Big Brother Awards
The 1998 UK Big Brother Awards were held on the 50th anniversary of the writing of George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The pressure group Privacy International announced winners it judged to be the modern-day equivalents of Big Brother in the novel, as well as individuals who had fought to protect privacy, awarding them Winstons, the name of the book's hero.
But a video was shown of a receptionist at Newham Council receiving a Big Brother earlier in the day and of several police dragging a Privacy International campaigner out of the DTI's headquarters after he had tried to present it.
www.euronet.nl /~rembert/echelon/202024.htm   (936 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: 1984 (Signet Classics (Paperback)): Books
Buy 1984 (Signet Classics (Paperback)) with Notes on Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-four"...
He thinks that he is alone in his secret hatred of Big Brother until he meets and falls in love with Julia, and together they attempt to join the resistance in order to bring about the down fall of Big Brother.
They are in a constant state of high alert, and therefore the people have given up all their rights to privacy - Big Brother watches them at all times through their television screens, searching for potential resistance within the population.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0881030368   (805 words)

  
 Big Brother (UK TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
The fifth series saw the start of a talk show about the happenings in the house called Big Brother's EFourum hosted by Russell Brand, shown only on digital channel E4 with late-night repeats aired on Channel 4.
The sixth series saw EFourum replaced by Big Brother's Big Mouth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_(UK_TV_series)   (1267 words)

  
 Big Brother - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Brother (1984), a character from the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, a voluntary organization that mentors youth
Authoritarianism, referred to as "Big Brother", any omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing the oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian government, a concept from the above novel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother   (266 words)

  
 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
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Plot Outline: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Trivia: Richard Burton died shortly after filming had been completed.
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 Big Brother (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopia in which Big Brother is the all-seeing leader.
Big Brother USA currently uses different rules than other countries' versions of the show, as it has starting with its second season (the first season followed the traditional format) In the US version, viewers do not vote for eviction; all voting is done by houseguests.
Big Brother is a popular reality television format, where, over 15 weeks or so, a number of contestants (typically 12) try to avoid periodic publicly-voted evictions from a communal house and hence win a cash prize.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Brother_(TV_series)   (2397 words)

  
 CNN - 'Big Brother Awards' highlight privacy complaints - April 12, 1999
Wednesday's "Big Brother Awards" ceremony coincided with the 50th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell's classic Nineteen Eighty-Four.
CNN - 'Big Brother Awards' highlight privacy complaints - April 12, 1999
(IDG) -- The first annual "Orwell Awards" bestowed a dubious distinction upon Intel Corp., computer database marketer Elensys Inc. and a slew of other companies, agencies and government officials by privacy advocates seeking to raise awareness of the issue.
www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9904/12/orwell.idg   (511 words)

  
 Big Brother -
Big Brother (1984), a character from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Big Brother and the Holding Company, a band from San Francisco's psychedelic era, best-known for its most famous lead-singer, Janis Joplin
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, a voluntary organization that mentors youth
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Big_Brother   (321 words)

  
 Big Brother - News, Pictures, MP3, Videos and Gossip
* Big Brother (1984), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''
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* Authoritarianism, referred to as "Big Brother" — any omnipresent, seemingly benevolent figure representing oppressive control over individual lives exerted by an authoritarian power (a concept from Orwell's novel above).
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 BBC - Radio 2 - 1984
The novel is divided into three sections: Part One deals with the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four as seen through the eyes of Winston, Part Two deals with Winston's forbidden sexual relationship with Julia, and his eagerness to rebel against the Party, and Part Three deals with Winston's capture and torture by O'Brien.
Orwell had originally chosen to call it Nineteen Eighty, but as the writing dragged on due to the advance of his tuberculosis, Orwell changed it to Nineteen Eighty-Two and then to Nineteen Eighty-Four.
This figure was called "Big Brother", and was placed on posters everywhere with the saying "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU." This was used to let the people know that no matter where they go, they could not escape the watching eyes of the controlling government.
www.bbc.co.uk /radio2/r2music/documentaries/1984.shtml   (364 words)

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