• 2010
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The Virtual Revolution

Summary Virtual Revolution charts two decades of profound change since the invention of the World Wide Web, weighing up the huge benefits and the unforeseen downsides. View more details

  • 2010
  • 1h

The Virtual Revolution

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

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

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7.6

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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 Virtual Revolution charts two decades of profound change since the invention of the World Wide Web, weighing up the huge benefits and the unforeseen downsides. View more details

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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Aleks Krotoski in The Virtual Revolution (2010) Aleks Krotoski in The Virtual Revolution (2010)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 29, 2010
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. 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 2 • Feb 05, 2010
Enemy of the State?
Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how the internet is reshaping our lives. She charts how the Web is forging a new, young brand of politics involving direct action.
Episode 3 • Feb 12, 2010
The Cost of Free
Series in which Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how the internet is reshaping our lives. She shows how commerce has colonised the web, and how 'free' sites are paid for.
Episode 4 • Feb 19, 2010
Homo Interneticus?
Series in which Dr Aleks Krotoski explores how the internet is shaping our lives. Aleks examines social networks and asks how they're changing our relationships.
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