Escape & Control: Jon Ronson shorts on youtube

This online documentary series made and presented by Jon Ronson (stanley Kubrick's boxes, Crazy rulers of the world) explores organisations and individuals who try to influence and manipulate their online audiences. There are currently 14, 5-10 minute episodes available free online from http://www.youtube.com/user/EscapeAndControl. Subject covered are diverse, ranging from Twitter bots, Spambots, The Arab spring, and making viral videos.