The Great Levelling?

Summary 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. 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.

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Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Stephen Fry Tim Berners-Lee Bill Gates Aleks Krotoski

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 29, 2010

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Open University

Summary 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. 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.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 29, 2010

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Open University

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