The Great Levelling

The episode 'The Great Levelling' is opened with the fact that the web, invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee has just reached africa for the first time. The web is being referred to as a great leveller because it gives everyone with access to the web the power of freedom to do almost anything and also allows people to retrieve a vast amount of knowledge for free.

In my opinion the the no cost factor of the web is its most empowering and attractive feature. The appeal of the web is getting over 2billion users a day making it a revolutionary invention. The web can be accessed from the comfort of your own and virtually anything is accessible, making it a great leveller.

I will be creating a mini-wiki on my blogs holding more research and more detail on the topic 'The Virtual Revolution- The Great Leveller' soon so i will keep you all posted as to when it will be finished.

I have also realised that the programme 'The Virtual Revolution' has been uploaded to youtube, so if you are interested in watching the program click on this link ---> The Virtual Revolution

feel free to leave any comments or opinions below

The Virtual Revolution Is A New Revolution

Episode one states that the The Virtual Revolution is being renouned as the New Revolution. The latest revolution since the industrial revolution in the 18th Century. The virtual revolution is becoming or become a new revolution depending on peoples opinions (i personally think it is but feel free to leave your personal opinions in the comments box below) because it is a phenomenon that is taking the world by storm being used by millions of people for a variety of different activities on a daily basis.

"The web does for information what steam done for physical force. It supercharges it." this is a statement made by Aleks Krotoski on the episode.

other factors that make the web a 'Great Leveller' in the first episode are;
* Wikipedia
* The Well
* Blogging
* E-mail
* E-Commerce
* Napster

I will be blogging on these factor so keep updating.

Introduction To The Virtual Revolution

The bbc series The Virtual Revolution that aired from 30th January 2010 to 20th February 2010, is a set of informative documentaries presented by Aleks Krotoski based on how the web has evolved over the past 20 years. The series is split into four main topics (1 episode per topic).
* The Great Levelling?
* Enemy Of The State?
* The Cost Of Free?
* Homo Interneticus?

I am Personally going to analyse and look into further research on episode one of the series 'The Great Levelling?'.

Keep checking for updated blog posts on the topic.

The virtual Revolution

Over the coming weeks i will be creating blogs on information about the virtual revolution. My research and information i will be blogging will all be what i have learned from the BBC tv series 'The Virtual Revolution' and also research from the bbc website http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution/ and also other web pages.