Digital disconnect how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy.
Digital Disconnect trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy in the age of fake news, filter bubbles, and Facebook security breaches. Moving from the development of the internet as a publicly-funded project in the late 1960s to its full-scale commercialization today, r...
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| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video |
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Media Education Foundation, 2018. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018. |
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| Summary: | Digital Disconnect trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy in the age of fake news, filter bubbles, and Facebook security breaches. Moving from the development of the internet as a publicly-funded project in the late 1960s to its full-scale commercialization today, renowned media scholar Robert McChesney traces how the democratizing potential of the internet has been radically compromised by the logic of capitalism and the unaccountable power of a handful of telecom and tech monopolies. Along the way, McChesney examines the ongoing attack on net neutrality by telecom monopolies like Comcast and Verizon; explores how internet giants like Facebook and Google have amassed huge profits by surreptitiously collecting personal data and selling it to advertisers; and shows how these companies have routinely colluded with the national security state to advance covert mass surveillance programs. Even more urgently, the film details how the rise of social media as a leading information source is working to isolate people into ideological filter bubbles and elevate fake news at the expense of real journalism. While most debates about the internet continue to focus on issues like the personal impact of internet addiction or the questionable data-mining practices of a few isolated companies like Facebook, Digital Disconnect digs deeper to show how capitalism itself is turning the internet against democracy. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in 2018. A Media Education Foundation Production. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 01:04:04 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Audience: | Grade 9-adult. |
| Production Credits: | Directed by Jeremy Earp, Produced by Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp, Written by Robert McChesney & Jeremy Earp, Edited by Jeremy Earp & Jason Young, Motion Graphics by Jason Young, Media Research by Loretta Alper, Executive Producer: Sut Jhally, Featuring Robert McChesney, Camera by David Rabinovitz. |
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