The Personal Impact of the Web

On the Media | Aug 2, 2011

This week OTM brings you our first ever live show - a look at the internet and how it's changing us. First up, what is the net doing to us as individuals? Does it connect us to each other? Or does it degrade our real life social connections? Bob and Brooke hash it out, with help from psychologist Sherry Turkle and net researcher Lee Rainie.

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