The Virtual Revolution Homo Interneticus?
Joined by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Al Gore and the neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Aleks examines the popularity of social networks such as Facebook and asks how they are changing our relationships. And, in a ground-breaking test at University College London, Aleks investigates how the Web may be distracting and overloading our brains.
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
- Homo Interneticus?
Date Broadcast
- Friday 27 August 2010
Start Time
- 19 : 10
Finish Time
- 20 : 00
Duration
- 50:00
Episode
- 4
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
- Joined by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Al Gore and the neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, Aleks examines the popularity of social networks such as Facebook and asks how they are changing our relationships. And, in a ground-breaking test at University College London, Aleks investigates how the Web may be distracting and overloading our brains.
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