What scene in 1984 shows media influence?

An
excellent example of how media influences the citizens of Oceania takes place in the first
chapter of the novel whenparticipates in the daily Two Minutes Hate ritual. During the Two
Minutes Hate, Party members gather in the hall opposite the big telescreen, where Emmanuel
Goldstein's image begins to flash upon the scene. Emmanuel Goldstein is Big Brother's foremost
enemy and founder of the Brotherhood, which is an enigmatic group of political dissidents
dedicated to overthrowing the Party.

As Goldstein begins to usher harsh
politicalagainst Big Brother and denounce their leader, the Party members become incensed with
anger and rage. Everyone, including Winston, begins yelling at the telescreen and cursing
Emmanuel Goldstein. The image of the powerful Eurasian army also flashes onto the screen and a
feeling of fear and hysteria enter the room. The entire room is whipped into a frenzy, and a
Party member even hurls a Newspeak dictionary at the screen.

This scene
depicts how the Party uses Emmanuel Goldstein as a scapegoat and directs the negative energy of
the Party members towards an enigmatic, distant adversary. Using media, the Party successfully
blames Emmanual Goldstein for society's ills and shifts the citizens focus outward.elaborates on
the use of media to manipulate the population by writing,

But what was strange was that although Goldstein was hated and despised by everybody,
although every day and a thousand times a day, on platforms, on the telescreen, in newspapers,
in books, his theories were refuted, smashed, ridiculed, held up to the general gaze for the
pitiful rubbish that they werein spite of all this, his influence never seemed to grow less.
(17)

Overall, the Party employs media as a tool to
manipulate the population into viewing Emmanuel Goldstein as their enemy and uses his image to
direct their anger outward while simultaneously enhancing hysteria throughout
society.