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No Internet Week

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:37:40 +0000

A documentary about addiction. Addiction of the digital kind. A film team deprived five ‘digital natives’ of their narcotic of choice for five days and recording the consequences. Will the outcome be positive? Or did it drive our subjects to distraction? Under the watchful eye of Psychotherapist Sarah Hirigoyen BSc (Hons), MaA, Adv. Dip, UKCP reg. the five participants had all access to the internet restricted for the whole of Internet Week. Their smarthpones we're replaced by old school ‘brick’ phones; every password from their social media and internet lives was taken away. The five participants were: James Brown, media legend and Editor, Sabotage Times @jamesjamesbrown Emily Hare, Managing Editor, Contagious @em2345 Katie MacKay, Advertising Executive and founder of www.whatkatiewore.com @whatkatiewore Maria Pizzeria, fashion blogger and social media ‘freak’ @mariapizzeria Sophie, a teenager (she’s 13)

Finding Paul Miller – One Year Internet Absense

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 11 May 2013 17:41:12 +0000

For 365 days, Paul Miller disconnected from the internet. We'd like to tell you it was an idyllic journey of self-discovery, but that isn't quite the truth. On the eve of Paul's return, we follow him on a road trip as he prepares for his return and takes a look back at the last twelve months.

One year ago I left the internet. I thought it was making me unproductive. I thought it lacked meaning. I thought it was "corrupting my soul." It's a been a year now since I "surfed the web" or "checked my email" or "liked" anything with a figurative rather than literal thumbs up. I've managed to stay disconnected, just like I planned. I'm internet free. And now I'm supposed to tell you how it solved all my problems. I'm supposed to be enlightened. I'm supposed to be more "real," now. More perfect. But instead it's 8PM and I just woke up. I slept all day, woke with eight voicemails on my phone from friends and coworkers. I went to my coffee shop to consume dinner, the Knicks game, my two newspapers, and a copy of The New Yorker. And now I'm watching Toy Story while I glance occasionally at the blinking cursor in this text document, willing it to write itself, willing it to generate the epiphanies my life has failed to produce. I didn't want to meet this Paul at the tail end of my yearlong journey.

Internet Archive

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:44:40 +0000

Archive is a documentary focused on the future of long-term digital storage, the history of the Internet and attempts to preserve its contents on a massive scale. Part one features Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive and his colleagues Robert Miller, director of books, and Alexis Rossi, director of web collections. On a mission to create universal access to all knowledge, the Internet Archive’s staff have built the world's largest online library, offering 10 petabytes of archived websites, books, movies, music, and television broadcasts. The video includes a tour of the Internet Archive’s headquarters in San Francisco, the book scanning center, and the book storage facilities in Richmond, California. Directed by Jonathan Minard Cinematography by John Behrens, Alexander Porter, and Fearghal O'dea Produced at the Internet Archive on October 22-26, during the Books in Browsers Conference and 10 Petabyte Celebration. Project supported by Eyebeam

Internet Scamming in West Africa

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:55:57 +0000

Fraudsters in West Africa show us how they use internet scams to steal thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims all over the globe. -- While Nigeria's 401 scammers may have written the book on West African internet fraud, their shtick looks like Compuserve compared to what's going on in Ghana. Unsatisfied with the meager winnings from emailing thousands of random Westerners in hopes of convincing one poor sap they're the treasurer of the Ivory Coast, Ghana's scammers decided to stack the odds in their favor the old-fashioned way—witchcraft. Taking a page from cyberpunk, traditional West African Juju priests adapted their services to the needs of the information age and started leading down-on-their-luck internet scammers through strange and costly rituals designed to increase their powers of persuasion and make their emails irresistible to greedy Americans. And so "Sakawa" was born. Now not only is Sakawa Ghana's most popular youth activity and one of its biggest underground economies, it's a full-blown national phenomenon. Sakawa has its own tunes, clothing brands, Sakawasploitation flicks, and even a metastatic backlash from Christian preachers and the press. When we were in Accra over the summer it was impossible to walk more than 10 feet without seeing the word Sakawa in blood-red Misfits letters on a poster or tabloid, often accompanied by bone-chilling horrors of the photoshopped variety. The government is freaked out because Sakawa is threatening Ghana's business reputation, the Christians are freaked out because they're losing money to the Juju priests, the press is freaked out because being freaked out is what sells papers, and the public is freaked out because their government, preacher, and media are all telling them they should be. All the while the Sakawa boys are living the high life and racking up debts to the spirit world, just waiting for the axe to fall. Hosted by Thomas Morton | Originally released in 2011

Free the Network

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:38:49 +0000

You’re on the Internet. What does that mean? Most likely, it means one of a handful of telecommunications providers is middlemanning your information from Point A to Point B. Fire off an email or a tweet, broadcast a livestream or upload video to YouTube, and you’re relying on vast networks of fiber optic cables deep underground and undersea, working with satellites high above, to move your data around the world, and to bring the world to your fingertips. It’s a story about big dreams and cloudy missions, about complex affiliations and what happens when a DIY hack-tech movement confronts the force of the state. But beyond that, it’s a story about the incredibly high stakes of living networked in today’s world. We all have skin in this game. Remember: You’re on the Internet. Film and description by Brian A. Anderson, Motherboard TV

Too Many Friends – Use of Social Media and Privacy by the People that use it

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:37:41 +0000

Too Many Friends explores the use of social media by the people that use it, the people that study it, and the people that just plain stay away. Presented in a series of personal interviews, the documentary explores friendship and communication in an era where privacy is a rare commodity. Featuring interviews with: Dixie Seatle (Professor, AFTV Humber College) Collin Douma (VP Social Media, Proximity BBDO) Don Jones (President, Exper!ence It) Mairin Piccinin (Friend) Created by Teresa Marie-Boehm, Will Bowes, Diana Galligan, Jamie Manning and Mike O'Doherty

Internet Rising

Documentary.net staff — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:25:12 +0000

A digi-documentary investigating the evolving relationships between the Internet and collective consciousness of humanity. It provokes many questions about ancient and modern paradoxes of life, its pleasures and pains... and the gray area contrasts in between - but most of all it is meant to be an inspiring conversation starter. INTERNET RISING is a labor of love comprising a rapid fire mashup stream of live interviews all conducted within the web sphere. The film's participants include many profound personalities and key internet influencers ranging from professors, corporate academics, futurists, researchers, writers, bloggers, media creators, activists, gamers, educators, scientists, artists, innovators - real humans, all of whom provide amazing insights into how our state of the world is changing and transforming via various forces of economic, social, geographic, political, philosophical development... all centered around technology's transformative and generative power. By w3bfilm

Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors (World’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity)

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:54:29 +0000

Lower Manhattan’s 60 Hudson Street is one of the world’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity. This short documentary peeks inside, offering a glimpse of the massive material infrastructure that makes the Internet possible. Featuring interviews with Stephen Graham, Saskia Sassen, Dave Timmes of Telx, Rich Miller of datacenterknowledge.com, Stephen Klenert of Atlantic Metro Communications, and Josh Wallace of the City of Palo Alto Utilities.

Escape the Web: Every click online thralls Privacy

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:31:22 +0000

Every day we use mobile phones. Computers became part of our life. Some people even can't live without those devices. It's fashionable now to have an account on Facebook or on some other social sites. We provide our personal data online never thinking about probable consequences.

Code 2600

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:23:13 +0000

Code 2600 is a documentary feature exploring the coming of the Information Age and the evolution of a new digital species of mankind. It is an exploration of the struggle to adapt to the often dangerous and delicate vast cyber networks that have defined our identities and way of life. The story of the rise of communication and computer technology in the United States as told through the events and people who helped to build and manipulate it. "Code 2600" is an exploration of the struggle to protect the complex information networks that have shaped our way of life from those who could potentially send the card house crashing down. It is a criminal and philosophical journey through the human integration of the world with our World, the Internet. Release: Winter 2011

Cyberwar

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:59:08 +0000

Is the US contributing to the militarisation of cyberspace? Cyberwar. A conflict without footsoldiers, guns, or missiles. Instead the attacks are launched by computer hackers. Digital spy rings. Information thieves. Cyberarmies of kids, criminals, terrorists - some backed by nation states.

TV in 2020: A New Dimension (Episode 3)

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 01 May 2011 08:01:19 +0000

Episode 3 investigates how 3D and other technologies are truly transforming the viewing experience and what this will mean for advertisers in the future.