PBS FRONTLINE’s Digital Nation

Last night was the premiere of PBS’s “Digital Nation: documentary, a 90-minute piece covering the increasing use of digital technologies and the internet in the world today.  Divided into 9 approximately 10-minute segments, it covers a wide group of topics:

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?

All nine segments can be viewed online, and contain interviews with the pioneers and experts in the field such as Philip Rosendale, the MIT Media Lab, and more.  Check it all out on their site.

FRONTLINE: digital nation: watch the full program | PBS.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .