Once surveillance was the prerogative of governments or the security services. But now it’s no longer simply a top down or They monitor us model according to David Lyon of Radio National. . Today we actively participate and engage in our own surveillance and the surveillance of others. Parents track their kids through mobile phones...

It's one of the great unseen drivers of our world -- silently altering and shaping our social lives, the way we communicate, our access to information, our economies, our culture, the very future itself. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you—the algorithm! OK, It’s not as dramatic as all that, but if we’d said 'We’re doing...

Facebook has more than 845 million active users per month and the number is growing steadily. But is Facebook really your friend? Critics say it destroys the notion of privacy and devalues friendship. But Facebook fans see the social networking site as a tool that enhances life and creates a true global village. Coming up...

We often hear the term 'information overload' but is it a case of over-consumption as much as filter failure? There’s a school of thought that says we now take in information in the same way we consume fast food—without control or moderation. Guests Ann Blair Harvard College Professor, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History. Clay...

This program looks at number of projects aiming to improve access to communication - be it the use of telephones in East Timor or Internet access in the remote interior of Australia. Guests David Rowe Electronic engineer and one of the founders of the Dili Village Telco Project. Dr Paul Gardner Stephen Co-founder of the...