Digital Disconnect (2018)
Fake News, Privacy and Democracy
In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, this essential film trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy. Tracing the internet's history as a publicly funded government project in the 1960s to its full-scale commercialization today, the film traces how the revolutionary, democratizing potential of the internet has been radically compromised by the growing and unaccountable power of a handful of telecom and tech monopolies.
Director: Jeremy Earp
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 65 min
Release Date: April 8, 2018
Cast
- Robert McChesney - Narrator
Screenplay
Editing: Jeremy Earp, Jason Young
Production: Media Education Foundation
Language: English
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Digital Disconnect about?
- In this era of Facebook privacy breaches, "fake news" and filter bubbles, this essential film trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy. Tracing the internet's history as a publicly funded government project in the 1960s to its full-scale commercialization today, the film traces how the revolutionary, democratizing potential of the internet has been radically compromised by the growing and unaccountable power of a handful of telecom and tech monopolies.
- Who directed Digital Disconnect?
- Digital Disconnect was directed by Jeremy Earp.
- Who stars in Digital Disconnect?
- Digital Disconnect stars Robert McChesney.
- How long is Digital Disconnect?
- Digital Disconnect has a runtime of 1h 5m (65 minutes).
- What genre is Digital Disconnect?
- Digital Disconnect is a Documentary film.