NOVA: THE MACHINE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, PART 5: THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of science documentaries. This program is the final part of a five-part series on the history of computers. This episode examines the pros and cons of the computer network known as the Internet. Highlights of this program include the following: a discussion of how the Internet works and the many options it offers; how the Internet has changed the New York Stock Exchange and wiped out Britain's central marketplace; how the Internet affects the progress of science; people's fears about the wide use of the Internet; a look at "Seniornet"; how an information mistake fed into one system can affect records in other systems; privacy issues in relation to information systems; the disasters that a glitch in an Internet program can cause; Singapore's wide use of computer systems and the reasons for it; how the Internet backfired on the government of France; future uses for computers and what the machines will look like; and a final comparison of computers to books over the course of history.
Acquisition and cataloging of this program was made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WGBH Boston, MA
- DATE: May 4, 1992
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:47
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:29971
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/Documentaries; Science; Computers; Internet
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1974-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jon Palfreman … Executive Producer
- Robert Hone … Producer, Director, Writer
- David Marvit … Associate Producer
- Lauren Seeley … Associate Producer
- Peter Howell … Music by
- BBC Radiophonic Workshop … Music by
- Will Lyman … Narrator
- Robert Lucky
- Kathleen Bonner
- George Hayter
- Arthur R. Miller
- Tan Chin Nam
- B. G. Lee
- Lee Fook Wah
- Paul Ceruzzi
- Firman Hewitt Brown, Jr.