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PBS 2020 1 season 3 eps TV-PG Returning series

Niall Ferguson's NetWorld

2020 1 season 3 eps TV-PG

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Season 1

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Season 1

60 min

S1 · E1 · Mar 17, 2020

Disruption Episode 1

Host Niall Ferguson compares the great network revolution of our time with one that happened 500 years ago – the Protestant Reformation. With the help of experts in network theory and precedents from history, Ferguson argues that the printing press had similar consequences for 16th-and 17th-century Europe as the personal computer and the Internet have for the world since the 20th century, leading to polarization and the dissemination of fake news.

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60 min

S1 · E2 · Mar 16, 2020

Winner Takes All Episode 2

Host Niall Ferguson tells the story of how a decentralized, not-for-profit worldwide web shape-shifted to become a highly profitable network controlled by a tiny elite selling our attention for billions of dollars to the world’s advertisers.

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60 min

S1 · E3 · Mar 16, 2020

Networld War Episode 3

Looking at the fight against terrorist networks in Iraq, Russian attempts to divide Americans through social media and the rise of an Internet-powered surveillance state in China, Ferguson shows how our democracies are under threat from outside forces that seek to weaponize the social networks that we invented. He warns of a coming “networld war” that the West may not win.

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3 episodes in Season 1

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In this groundbreaking new series hosted by Niall Ferguson and based on his bestselling book The Square and the Tower, Ferguson visits network theorists, social scientists and data analysts to explore the history of social networks. From the Reformation and 17th century witch-hunting, through the American Revolution and to the nightmare visions of Orwell’s 1984, Ferguson explores the intersection of social media, technology and the spread of cultural movements. Reviewing classic experiments and cutting-edge research, Ferguson demonstrates how human behavior, disruptive technology and profit can energize ideas and communication, ultimately changing the world.

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The War of the World

China Triumph and Turmoil

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Adrian Pennink

Total runtime 3h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Documentary

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Premiered

March 17, 2020

Status

Returning series

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PBS

Country

United Kingdom · United States

Type

Documentary

Episode length

60 min

Total runtime

3h 0m

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English

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United States · United Kingdom · France · Italy

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English

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