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The Resource Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, (online streaming)

Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, (online streaming)

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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
Language
  • eng
  • eng
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Publication
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes):
Note
  • Originally produced in 2018
  • A Media Education Foundation Production
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Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy
Title
Digital disconnect
Title remainder
how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy
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How capitalism is turning the internet against democracy
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Author
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Producer
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Language
  • eng
  • eng
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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MaNoMEF
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videorecording
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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
Date time place
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2018
Intended audience
Grade 9-adult
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  • McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-
  • Wise, Tim J.
  • Alper, Loretta
  • Earp, Jeremy
  • Jhally, Sut
  • Media Education Foundation (Firm)
  • Kanopy (Firm)
Runtime
64
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  • Internet
  • Internet service provider
  • Consumption (Economics)
  • Advertising
  • Capitalism
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live action
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Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, (online streaming)
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Publication
Note
  • Originally produced in 2018
  • A Media Education Foundation Production
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unknown
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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unknown
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two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
kan3730809
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes):
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unknown
Form of item
online
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Access restricted to subscribers
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
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digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher number
3730809
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not applicable
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unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
(OCoLC)1033564853
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other
Label
Digital disconnect : how capitalism is turning the internet against democracy, (online streaming)
Link
Publication
Note
  • Originally produced in 2018
  • A Media Education Foundation Production
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
kan3730809
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (streaming video file) (65 minutes):
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Access restricted to subscribers
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Medium for sound
other
Other physical details
digital, .flv file, sound
Publisher number
3730809
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
(OCoLC)1033564853
System details
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Video recording format
other

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