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New page: '''Big Brother''' is the name of the autocratic and absolutist dictator of Oceania in George Orwell's dystopian satire ''Nineteen Eighty Four''. In the novel, the slogan 'Big Borth...
'''Big Brother''' is the name of the autocratic and absolutist dictator of [[Oceania]] in [[George Orwell]]'s dystopian satire ''Nineteen Eighty Four''. In the novel, the slogan 'Big Borther is Watching You' is frequently referred to; and the term is now used to refer to a situation where the state exercises excessive surveillance of the individual citizen.
'''Big Brother''' is also the name of a television format developed by the Dutch media company Endemol, first broadcast in the Netherlands but now produced in numerous nations around the world.
'''Big Brother''' is also the name of a television format developed by the Dutch media company Endemol, first broadcast in the Netherlands but now produced in numerous nations around the world.