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Esc & Ctrl

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In Esc & Ctrl: Stories About People Trying to Control the Internet, with searing interviews, unravelling mysteries and some great fun along the way, Jon Ronson is setting off on an adventure that may mean you'll never look at your mouse in the same way again.

Sep 11, 20111 seasons13 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Season 1

13 episodes

Premiered Sep 11, 2011

Episodes

1–6 of 13

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Ep 1

The Search for Omer Gershon

Sep 11, 2011

10m

Jon Ronson starts looking into a man named Marc Pax, who posted a video on YouTube about experiencing homophobia when advocating gay rights. With it being discovered that this man was not actually Marc Pax. Jon Ronson tries to find out what are the true intentions behind this suspicious video. And it seems that there is a much bigger picture.

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Ep 2

Astroturfing

Sep 21, 2011

10m

Wendell Potter speaks about a patient named Nataline Sarkisyan, who battled with Leukemia back in 2007 whilst CIGNA refused to provide a needed liver transplant.

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Ep 3

Two Weeks Later

Oct 5, 2011

10m

Omar Gershon faked a video posted on YouTube, in which a man named Marc Pax claimed to experience homophobia when trying to join the Gaza Flotilla. Exploring Tel Aviv, Jon Ronson speaks with members of Latma Studios, the Jerusalem Post and the Israeli government, but it seems Omar Gershon's whereabouts is unknown by these.

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Ep 4

Egypt's Arab Spring

Oct 19, 2011

10m

Talking to the telecommunications company Vodafone, it appears that during the Arab Spring uprising, the government requested for the internet to be shut down.

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Ep 5

Friday

Nov 2, 2011

10m

Jon Ronson visits Patrice Wilson, a man who was responsible for the YouTube music hit 'Friday' by Rebecca Black. The video achieved over 200m views, and he believes he can do it again. Jon Ronson is treated to a track made by Patrice Wilson just for him.

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Ep 6

Twitter Bots

Dec 14, 2011

10m

Jon Ronson visits web analyst Tim Hwang (Web Ecology Project), who along with his colleagues has developed bots for the social media service Twitter. The bots generate random tweets in an experiment to see if they could steer the conversation amongst real human tweeters.

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