The Digital Human Folgen

Aleks Krotoski returns with a new series of explorations of our digital world.In the first in the series Aleks looks at how different cultures are preserving their identity in the face of the homogenising effects of technology.There's a fear that the digital world will make us all the same. But that doesn't seem that well founded if you look at how widely differing cultures are using technology to express their identity and values. We look at the music sharing culture of Mali in West Africa as explored by musicologist Chris Kirkley and hear from the vibrant and intoxicating atmosphere of the mobile phone music market in Mali's capital Bamako. Back in the UK we look at the interesting way immigrant communities maintain their cultural ties through technology and the unexpected effect this has on the growth of immigrant communities.Aleks also talks to explorer in residence Robin Hanbury-Tenison about his thoughts on how technology might be undermining cultures. Does he see the spread of digital as a new form of cultural imperialism? Producer Peter McManusOther areas of the digital world to be explored in this series include: How opinion and influence spread in a digital worldWhat all this new technology means for how we learn? Do we always know what technology is for and ultimately what it wants?Has the digital world changed our perceptions and discussions of death?

Aleks Krotoski looks at group think in the digital world.

Join Aleks Krotoski as she explores love in the digital world. Can love be love when we're deprived of the sensory connections of face-to-face interaction? Love online doesn't need to be as wayward or incidental as it is in real life. In fact, Aleks will be hearing from those who think that love in the digital age leads to far deeper connections than we might imagine.