The Net @ risk
By: a production of Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; a presentation of Thirteen/WNET.; producer, Peter Bull
Contributors: Karr, Rick; Public Affairs Television (Firm); WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.); Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Series: Moyers collection on DVD; Moyers on America; ILR 260 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Internet; Information superhighway; Government policy; Telecommunication policy; Broadband communication systems
Other titles: Net at risk
Description: "A boon to computer users, broadband has meant fast Internet services for millions.  But as the phone and cable giants that operate these networks consider the profits to be made by controlling the content and delivery of the Internet, Net Neutrality - and the easy sharing of ideas and opinions that goes with it - may soon become a thing of the past in America.  In this program, Bill Moyers and journalist Rick Karr report on the struggle for the soul of the Internet as lobbyists and legislators reshape the telecom laws for the broadband era.  Will democracy's high-tech forum for the exchange of ideas be destroyed by regulations that favor online entities with deep pockets?"--Container.
Notes: Writers, Rick Karr, Peter Bull.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Net neutrality & the information superhighway; title: The promise of high speed Internet; title: The network that didn't happen; title: Case study of Lafayette, LA; title: Fast and slow lanes; title: Equal access; title: Phone and cable companies and the government; title: Interview with Mark Cooper; title: Media conglomerates & localism: Interview with Eric Klinenberg.