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Esc & Ctrl
2011 - 2012 0.0 (0 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Documentary
Created By
Jon Ronson

Esc & Ctrl

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Jon Ronson

Writer: Jon Ronson

Top Cast

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2011)

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13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Search for Omer Gershon
2011-09-11

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 2: Astroturfing
2011-09-21

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 3: Two Weeks Later
2011-10-05

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 4: Egypt's Arab Spring
2011-10-19

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

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 5: Friday
2011-11-02

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 6: Twitter Bots
2011-12-14

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.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 7: JON VS JON
2012-02-23

The spam bot was created by academics formerly at Warwick University. Jon Ronson discusses his frustration with the fact many of the tweets seem plausible, even though they are about things he would never talk about himself. With the creators of this account refusing to take it down, it seems the only way to resolve this is by meeting them.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 8: Patrice Wilson Follow-Up
2012-03-09

Patrice Wilson was the mastermind behind the YouTube music hit 'Friday' by Rebecca Black. Jon Ronson is treated to a second track made by Patrice Wilson just for him. This time Jon Ronson decides to go ahead and shoot a music video with Patrice.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 9: JON VS JON Part 2
2012-03-22

Jon Ronson arranges a meeting with the creators of the twitter spambot 'Jon_Ronson'. After some heated discussion and confusion in this interview, he discovers the academics' true agenda.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 10: Atos
2012-04-05

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 got taken down indirectly by a company called Atos, employed by the UK government to monitor people claiming incapacity benefits.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 11: Tuesday
2012-04-19

Patrice Wilson had expressed some concerns about a previous episode of Escape and Control, in which he felt unfairly portrayed. Therefore he offered to record a new song with Jon Ronson, and shoot a music video. When asked to think of a topic which sparks passion, Jon Ronson came up with a concept... Tuesday.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 12: Finding Omer
2012-05-03

With Jon Ronson's Escape and Control series coming to an end, it was time to make one more attempt at finding Omer Gershon, the actor who appeared in a YouTube video claiming to have experienced homophobia from the Free Gaza Movement. How did he get involved? Why did he make the video? These questions and more are addressed when Jon Ronson finds Omer Gershon in Tel Aviv.

Runtime: 10 min
Episode 13: Tuesday Music Video
2012-05-17

Jon Ronson talks about creating the music video for the song 'Tuesday'. It features Patrice Wilson who was the creator of the YouTube music hit 'Friday' with Rebecca Black. Could Jon Ronson really take control of the internet with a new smash hit, or would it be a moment of embarrassment for the whole world to see? Jon Ronson has made his decision...

Runtime: 10 min
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