The Virtual Revolution The Great Levelling?
In the first in this four-part series, Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia and YouTube, and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit.
Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr. Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names - including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, and the web's inventor - she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise.
Primary Title
- The Virtual Revolution
Episode Title
- The Great Levelling?
Date Broadcast
- Friday 6 August 2010
Start Time
- 19 : 10
Finish Time
- 20 : 00
Duration
- 50:00
Episode
- 1
Channel
- TVNZ 7
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr. Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names - including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, and the web's inventor - she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise.
Episode Description
- In the first in this four-part series, Aleks charts the extraordinary rise of blogs, Wikipedia and YouTube, and traces an ongoing clash between the freedom the technology offers us, and our innate human desire to control and profit.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Internet
- Technology--Social aspects
- Documentary films
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Aleks Krotoski (Host)
Contributors
- Philip Smith (Producer)
- Philip Smith (Director)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Internet
- Technology--Social aspects
- Documentary films