Protecting Privacy In A Web-searching World (broadcast Friday, July 27th, 2007)

With the online world becoming ever more important in people's day to day lives, how will people be able to better manage the flood of information available on the internet? We'll talk about search engine technology, and the challenge of protecting privacy in a web-searching world. Teachers, find more information about using Science Friday as a classroom resource in the Kids' Connection.

Guests

Andrew Keen

Author, "Cult of the Amateur:How Today's Internet is Killing our Culture" (Doubleday 2007)
San Francisco, California

Javed Mostafa
Professor of Informatics
Indiana School of Informatics
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Related Links

• SearchEngineWatch: The Future of Search
• Howstuffworks "How Internet Search Engines Work"

Segment produced by:Flora Lichtman

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