Virtual friends

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Date
1996
Summary
This program investigates the new interactive society model in which physical neighborhoods connected by proximity have been displaced by virtual neighborhoods linked by technology. Topics discussed include the intimate anonymity of the Internet; the use of emoticons in e-mail; the growing importance of telecommunications; the Pavlovian response to a ringing telephone; and the relationship category defined as "familiar strangers."
Contributors
Percival, Dan; Klein, Leanne; Lawson, Denis
Publishers
Wall to Wall Television; Channel Four (Great Britain); Learning Channel (Firm); ITEL (Firm); Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Genre
Educational television programs
Subjects
Science, Technology; Science, Technology; Interpersonal communication; Cyberspace; Human-computer interaction
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
25 minutes; color
Notes
Access
Access condition: campus-only.
Creation/Production Credits
Series producer, Lenne Klein ; director, Daniel Percival ; photographer, Brian McDairmant ; film editor, Anna Ksiezopolska ; music, Paul Englishby ; series consultants, Stanton Newman, Martin Skinner ; research, Patricia Dunnett. Narrator, Denis Lawson.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089692; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10697; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3172; Catalog Key: alephsys004132914; OCLC: ocn607126713

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