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Digital nation

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Summary

"Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and eve...

"Within a single generation, digital media and the World Wide Web have transformed virtually every aspect of modern culture, from the way we learn and work to the ways in which we socialize and even conduct war. But is the technology moving faster than we can adapt to it? And is our 24/7 wired world causing us to lose as much as we've gained? In Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, FRONTLINE presents an in-depth exploration of what it means to be human in a 21st-century digital world."-- Frontline website.

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Creator
produced and directed by Rachel Dretzin ; written by Douglas Rushkoff & Rachel Dretzin ; a Frontline co-production with Ark Media ; WGBH Educational Foundation
Included Title
  • Frontline (Television program)
Format
Videos, Slides, Films
Language
English
Publication
  • [United States] : PBS Video, 2010
Physical Details
  • 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBNs
9781608831944, 1608831949
OCLC
ocn567790988
Credits
  • Correspondents, Douglas Rushkoff, Rachel Dretzin
  • Directors of photography, Sam Shinn, Stephen McCarthy ; edited by R. A. Fedde ; music, Joel Goodman

  • Originally produced for public television broadcast on February 2, 2010.
  • DVD, NTSC; widescreen.
  • In English with optional video description; closed-captioned.

  • 1. Distracted by everything -- 2. What's it doing to their brains? -- 3. South Korea's gaming craze -- 4. Teaching with technology -- 5. The dumbest generation? -- 6. Relationships -- 7. Virtual worlds -- 8. Can virtual experiences change us? -- 9. Where are we headed?