Synopsis
Liz Bonnin sees how big data monitors Rolls Royce jet engines, and Jem Stansfield creates a low-tech computer system.
- Programme: Bang Goes The Theory
- Series: 8
- Episode: Big Data
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Sociology | What is the relationship between globalisation and digital forms of communication? | Definitions of globalisation and problems: digital revolution; global village; virtual communities; networked global society; social media. Applying sociological theories to digital forms of communication.
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