Niall Ferguson’s Networld

Season 1
 (35)
2020TV-PG
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.
Starring
Niall Ferguson
Genres
Special Interest
Subtitles
English [CC]
Audio languages
English

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  1. 1. Disruption
    March 16, 2020
    55min
    TV-PG
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    With the help of experts in network theory, Host Niall Ferguson untangles important issues including why social media networks polarize us, why some ideas go viral and why truth itself is at a disadvantage.
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  2. 2. Winner Takes All
    March 16, 2020
    55min
    TV-PG
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    By looking at lessons from Cold War history, George Orwell's 1984 and other sources, host Niall Ferguson tells the story of how a not-for-profit worldwide web shifted to become a highly profitable network controlled by a tiny elite.
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  3. 3. Networld War
    March 16, 2020
    55min
    TV-PG
    Subtitles
    English [CC]
    Audio languages
    English
    With lessons from the fight against terrorism in Iraq to the rise of an internet-powered surveillance state in China, host Niall Ferguson shows how our democracies are under threat from forces that exploit the social networks we invented.
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Directors
Adrian Pennink
Producers
Adrian PenninkMelanie FallStephen SegallerEwan Roxburgh
Season year
2020
Network
PBS
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4.7 out of 5 stars

35 global ratings

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  2. 28% of reviews have 4 stars
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Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on April 2, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating view of human behavior
Series spans a wide range of intriguing topics and concepts relating to network theory
MaverickReviewed in the United States on December 5, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wake up America
This documentary is timely. I am a skeptic so I check from other sources the data that was used in this film. It all checks out. I was especially interested in the China segment as I worked there off and on for many years in the tech arena. Being an American and seeing the rise of China first hand, especially in technology and infrastructure, I compared it to my country. We as Americans have been asleep at the wheel and because of our arrogance that we are the best, China has surpassed us in so many ways. We have to take seriously the capabilities of not only China but Russia and India in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Our American education system has fallen so far behind in these areas that it has made us vulnerable. The movie has it all so everyone, especially our government, should view this documentary and take it seriously.
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SeanReviewed in the United States on March 24, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating, Frightening, and Compelling
This information is so important, I plan to watch the series again.
Jeff ChambersReviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must watch for everyone
Most of the world is operating at several orders of magnitude above the awareness of the average person. This documentary does a great job of not only explaining this, but taking some harder to understand topics and concepts and boiling them down so that they can be understood.

It also does a great job of stopping short of telling you WHAT you should think, but simply peels back the curtain so the watcher can become more educated and then come to their own conclusion as to what should be done with this new knowledge.
One person found this helpful
Just KiddingReviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
The most important documentary in 2020
Is this right here.
Project MasterReviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wake up and smell the coffee....and get off Facebook
Absolutely fantastic. Should really enlighten us and scare us to change before it’s too late. Pretty amazing that’s such a truthful program hasn’t been censored or taken down
One person found this helpful
SHERRY MCCLELLANReviewed in the United States on March 19, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars
#3 was the most enlightening to me.
I watched all three from this series, on OPB, last night.
Everyone who wants to know what's happening behind the curtain, in politics & elsewhere,
needs to watch these. I especially wanted to watch #3 again on the cyber security problems etc.
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