Jon Ronson's Escape and Control
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Jon Ronson's Escape and Control
Internationally acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Jon Ronson (Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare At Goats and New York Times Bestseller The Psychopath Test) turns his attentions to the Internet. Specifically, those people who try to control it -- for good or bad. Escape and Control: Stor...
Recent Episodes
14 episodes
Tuesday Music Video
Jon Ronson introduces us to the song 'Tuesday' featuring Patrice Wilson.
Atos
Jon Ronson meets with Frances Kelly, the founder of 'Carer watch', a forum for people who stay at home to look after relatives with disabilities. It g...
Jon Vs Jon Part 2
Jon Ronson arranges a meeting with the creators of the twitter spambot 'Jon_Ronson'. After some heated discussion and confusion in this interview, he...
Patrice Wilson Follow-up
Jon Ronson is contacted again by Patrice Wilson who was responsible for the YouTube music hit 'Friday' by Rebecca Black. Jon Ronson is treated to a se...
Jon Vs Jon
Jon Ronson discovers a spambot on twitter with the username 'Jon_Ronson', created by academics from Warwick University. He discusses his frustration w...
Twitter Bots
Jon Ronson visits web analyst Tim Hwang (Web Ecology Project), who with colleagues developed bots for the social media website twitter. The bots gener...
Friday
Jon Ronson visits a man named Patrice Wilson who was responsible for the YouTube music hit 'Friday' by Rebecca Black. The video achieved over 200m vie...
Egypt's Arab Spring
Jon Ronson looks into the recent Arab Spring revolution that took place in Egypt. Talking to the telecommunications company Vodafone, it appears that...
The Search Continues
on Ronson continues the search for Omar Gershon. Exploring Tel Aviv, Jon Ronson speaks with members of Latma Studios, the Jerusalem Post and the Israe...
Astroturfing
Jon Ronson continues the 'Escape and Control' series with a story about Wendell Potter - former Vice President of corporate communications for CIGNA,...
The Hunt for Omar Gershon
Jon Ronson begins the ‘Escape and Control’ series by looking into a man named Marc Pax, who posted a video on YouTube about experiencing homophobia wh...
Trailer
In this upcoming documentary series, internationally acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Jon Ronson (Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare At G...