Some possible topics for 1984 research...
Privacy rights
Censoring the media
Stockholm Syndrome
Brainwashing in totalitarian governments
Poverty (in comparison to the proles)
Racism (in comparison to the proles)
Journalists as political opponents
Literacy
Technology and privacy
Propaganda in war movies
Technological surveillance
Propaganda in print ads
Propaganda in art
Political repression
Depression
Fake news
Stalin: Russia
Passivity and complacency in people
iPhone cameras
Security & privacy issues
And…