Selfie Reflective
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsA podcast about how social media influences us.
If you're a curious scroller who wants to learn more about the technical concerns, cultural trends and societal impact of social media, you're in the right place. From data rights and privacy protection to self-branding and kids online, no two episodes of Selfie Reflective are the same. With host Lucy O, we'll hear from ex-influencers, academics, creatives and thinkers from around the world who bring different perspectives to the status-update quo.
By sharing lived experiences, knowledge and insights, and examining both the good and the concerning, we'll unpack the seductive, individualised experience of social media and hone in on opportunities to leverage it for collective good.
Get in touch with the host by emailing lucyohello at gmail dot com
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Episodes
'The Social Dilemma' - with Jeff Orlowski
September 28, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 45.2 MBJeff Orlowski is a director, producer and cinematographer ~ For the finale of season one, I am so excited to introduce you to the man who recently brought a documentary to Netflix that speaks to issues around the attention economy on social media. If you’re a fan of this podcast, it’s likely you’ve heard of it and if you haven’t - get on it, like, now! The film is called ‘The Social Dilemma’, and today we are speaking with the Director - Jeff Orlowski. Jeff Orlowski is the director, prod...
Status: Activism - with Guled Mire
September 21, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBGuled Mire is a policy advisor, and writer, speaker and community advocate ~ On the podcast, we’ve talked about topics like slacktivism from an academic perspective. We’ve discussed the Christchurch Principles and ideas like freedom of speech and democracy online. But in this episode, we’re chatting to someone who lives and breathes activism, both in our material world and in our online spaces. Guled Mire is a Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs....
Unintended Consequences - with Nadja Streiter
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBNadja Streiter is a psychotherapist and parent-coach who is based in New York ~ Do you remember what it was like in the days before we had Smartphones? Really remember? What did you reach for when you were waiting in line at the bank? What means did you use to communicate with your friends? What platforms or spaces did you occupy to showcase your creativity, ideas or personality? Smartphones and digital technology has allowed society to make unprecedented gains - that’s undeniable - but ...
The Effects of Media Multitasking - with Susanne Baumgartner
September 07, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MBSusanne Baumgartner is an Assistant Professor and Researcher at the University of Amsterdam ~ Admit it. Even if you’ve got the TV on or a movie playing on the laptop in bed, you’re pretty likely to also have your phone with you. If you’re anything like me, there have even been times where you’ve been working on a laptop, talking on your cell phone and catching snippets of Jeremy Kyle on the TV in front of you. Heck, if I look to my left as I read this, I can see my cell phone sitting on th...
Mental Health, Technology and Us - with Dr. Jody Adewale
August 31, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBDr. Jody Adewale is a Psychologist based in LA ~ There is now a catalogue of over 30 episodes of Selfie Reflective - so trust that I’m not exaggerating when I say that this has to be one of the most jam-packed episodes thus far. Today, we speak with Dr. Jody Adewale, a licensed psychologist based in LA. Dr. Jody has a Doctorate of Clinical Psychology, a Master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy and a Bachelor of Psychology. I’ll let him explain more about his work in a second, but Dr. Jod...
Why Access Equals Belonging - with Humphrey Hanley
August 24, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 50 MBHumphrey Hanley is a content-creator, motivational Twitch partner and accessibility advocate ~ I’d just like to take a moment to say - we’ve reached episode 30. I can’t quite believe that since February 4th 2020, myself and my boyfriend, Tom, have managed to release a new episode of Selfie Reflective every week. Each week has brought a brand new research and content-development project - a new guest, a new theme, a new release - and, based on feedback, this podcast is doing exactly what...
Pornography and Youth - with Jo Robertson
August 17, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBJo Robertson has worked extensively in sex education and is now the Research and Training Lead at The Light Project ~ Today, we’re unpacking a topic that I’ve wanted to cover on this podcast since it first launched. This is a topic that has been mentioned and touched on in prior episodes, but not examined super closely. What we are discussing is something that is hugely and sometimes unavoidably present in our online spaces. To some, it’s a curiosity. To some it’s a guilty pleasure. To o...
Fighting the Amplification of Hate - with Dr David Hall
August 10, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 51.9 MBDr David Hall is a Political Theorist and lecturer at AUT University ~ On March 15th, 2019, our social media landscape and our real world became horrifyingly intertwined after a gunman entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, and committed an act of terror. Fifty-one people lost their lives in the attacks. Our hearts still ache for those who were most personally affected by this abhorrent crime. Since March 15th 2019, what’s now known as New Zealand’s darkest day, some citizens ...
Going Viral - with Alice Brine
August 03, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 49.9 MBAlice Brine is a Kiwi-born London-based comedian and creative ~ "I’m gunna start going home with random very drunk guys and stealing all of their shit. Everything they own. It won’t be my fault though... they were drunk. They should have known better. I’ll get away with it 90% of the time but then when one brave man takes me to court over it, I’ll argue that I wasn’t sure if he meant it when he said ‘no don’t steal my Audi.’ I just wasn't sure if he meant it. I said ‘Can I please steal you...
Decoding the Algorithm - with Nick Diakopoulos
July 27, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBNicholas Diakopoulos is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University ~ A few months back, I started writing one particular word a lot on my social media feeds. This word was 'influencer'. When I launched this podcast, l started out by reflecting a lot on that term in relation to how my retired blogging brand saw me become embroiled in the influencer life. A few weeks into this podcast, and something very curious started to happen. I began to notice advertisements for gaining followers...
The Endless Internship - with Kathleen Kuehn
July 20, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes - 44.7 MBKathleen Kuehn is a senior lecturer of media studies at Victoria University in Wellington ~ If asked, most of us would say that when we post about our lives on social media for fun, right? Whether individual or business, we’re constantly crafting fragments of content that we feel is in a good enough place to share with an audience - whether that audience is made up of friends or thousands of strangers. But all of this crafting - is definitely a lot of work, especially if you are creatin...
But What About the Kids? - with Sean Lyons
July 13, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes - 51.8 MBSean Lyons is the Director of Engagement and Education at Netsafe, New Zealand ~ If you’re a New Zealander, you’ve likely heard of a company called Netsafe. Netsafe was founded way back in 1998, when a group of people who worked with young people decided that technology was going to be brilliantly enlightening for everyone - but that it also came with a whole different set of different risks and challenges. This group of people saw that the use of tech was going to require a separate set o...
Mission: Digital Inclusion - with Andrew Cushen
July 06, 2020 23:40 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBAndrew Cushen is the Engagement Director at InternetNZ and leads the Community, Events and Communications teams ~ I speak for myself when I say that I take the internet and everything it affords for granted. These days, at least in terms of access, it’s not often that I think twice about grabbing my smartphone, messaging a friend, scrolling through apps, purchasing something via online banking or downloading and listening to a podcast (hi!) - but as we’ll explore today, not everyone is inc...
Unpacking Masculinity - with Sam O'Sullivan
June 29, 2020 13:30 - 37 minutes - 54 MBSam O'Sullivan is a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Tough Talk ~ I met today’s guest, Sam O’Sullivan, by chance. With his last name being O'Sullivan and mine being O'Connor, several years ago, we found ourselves sitting next to each other in a gigantic hall, and connected over feeling nervous about potentially tripping up while walking across a stage at some point in the next hour. We were both about to graduate with a psychology degree. Since that fateful day we've kept in touch, an...
Is That Marketing Anti-Feminist..? - with Kelly Diels
June 22, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes - 74.6 MBKelly Diels is a feminist marketer, writer and culture-making advocate ~ When I launched Monday Hustle, I’d bought into the idea that if a young woman quits her job to forge her own path, it's inherently feminist. The responses I received to this decision, and my subsequent branding and marketing, definitely followed the same vein: break the glass ceiling, blaze your own trail, they said - so, before I'd learnt about systemic workplace issues; before I understood why the idea of hustling a...
A Case for Slacktivism - with James Dennis
June 15, 2020 13:30 - 44 minutes - 64.2 MBJames Dennis is a senior lecturer in political communication and journalism at the University of Portsmouth ~ I have to admit - I’ve never really liked those Facebook profile picture overlays. You know the ones that have catchy slogans and campaign hashtags that are designed to raise awareness for certain issues like mental health - but have massive bank brands behind them? Yeah, you know. As well as wondering about the motivations of the brands behind these campaigns, I’ve often queried t...
Mining Your Language - with Dr Rachael Tatman
June 08, 2020 12:30 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBDr Rachael Tatman has a PHD in linguistics, and is a Senior Development Advocate at Rasa ~ Today, I’ve been awake for a total of one hour. My phone tells me I’ve already picked it up and opened it 25 times. I’ve received 16 notifications, and most of these are messages from friends, family members or professional connections. The sheer volume of communication that we receive and send via our smartphones and social media platforms is - in a word - insane! As everyday scrollers, what we do...
Regaining Con-troll - with Ana Scotney
June 01, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBAna Scotney is an actor and storyteller from Te Whanganui-a-Tara ~ Although we know we don't really own our social media profiles, we tend to think of them as relatively safe spaces on which we can explore, curate, collect and be inspired; spaces where we are free to express our creativity, our thoughts, our ideas; spaces where we are in control of which snippets of our lives we share. But what happens when other people start to encroach on these spaces? When others feel entitled to make p...
Posing as Spiritual - Yoga Culture with Rumya Putcha
May 25, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBRumya Putcha is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia, whose research interests centre around post-Enlightenment, colonial and anti-colonial thought ~ Are you someone who has donned your Lulu's, put on the self-timer, struck a yoga pose and captured a photo to post on Instagram, maybe without even going a class? Have you ever added a motivational quote or hash-tagged the word namaste under said Instagram post? Perhaps you're more like me, a casual observer whose feed delive...
Pictures of 'Health' - with Niki Bezzant
May 18, 2020 13:30 - 36 minutes - 52.9 MBNiki Bezzant is a multi-award-winning food writer, speaker and commentator ~ These days, where do you get your information about food and health? Do you go to the doctor? A nutritionist? Buy a magazine? A book? Do a Google search? Click through to your favourite influencer who looks amazing, cooks amazing and works out for 19 hours per week? And of those options, whose opinion, guidance or recommendations are you likely to trust the most? In this episode, we're joined by multi-award-winni...
Next Stop: Disinformation Station - with Ben Nimmo
May 11, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 65.2 MBBen Nimmo studies online disinformation and is the Director of Investigations at social media analytics firm, Graphika ~ When it comes to our online space, the word disinformation features in popular vernacular a lot these days, and for very good reason: the spread of disinformation has the potential to meddle in our financial, psychological, educational and political spheres to name but a few. As one person scrolling through an internet of endless information, it can feel impossible to ...
Comment, I Dare You - with Madeleine Chapman
May 04, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes - 48.2 MBMadeleine Chapman is the author of two books and a former senior writer at The Spinoff, New Zealand. ~ Whenever something controversial, scandalous or provocative happens online, I'm as guilty of anyone of grabbing the popcorn and heading straight for the comments. But in the back of my mind, when reading and making assessments of the situation based on the opinions, biases and twisted thoughts of total strangers, I always fear in the back in the mind that one day the target in a comments ...
Fraudulent Transactions - with Martin Cocker, Bronwyn Groot and Molly Jobe
April 27, 2020 16:30 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MBToday's special release features three guests; Netsafe CEO Martin Cocker, Fraud Education Manager Bronwyn Groot and Instagram user Molly Jobe. ~ A few weeks ago I was targeted for a scam. Over two weeks, I investigated this scam and published my findings in an article which you can read about here. The scam set-up was in the form of an 'Instagram collaboration', which influencers had to pay for up front in order to be a part of (spoiler alert - they never paid anyone for the collaboration ...
Bonus Episode - 'Collaborative Opportunity'
April 26, 2020 22:59 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBWhether on social media or via email, how many times have you been presented with unsolicited communications from odd individuals, dodgy businesses or actual scam artists? If you’re anything like me, the answer is a few more than you’d care to count. Unless the content is coincidentally relevant to our own lives, we normally don’t hesitate to ignore, erase, mark as junk, delete or block communications from the sender to avoid it happening again - but when an email landed in my inbox on March...
Bonus Episode - The Tale of Buuster Fitness
April 26, 2020 22:59 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBThis episode is a reading of the Buuster Fitness investigative think-piece. ~ Whether on social media or via email, how many times have you been presented with unsolicited communications from odd individuals, dodgy businesses or actual scam artists? If you’re anything like me, the answer is a few more than you’d care to count. Unless the content is coincidentally relevant to our own lives, we normally don’t hesitate to ignore, erase, mark as junk, delete or block communications from the s...
Inside Instagram HQ - with Sarah Frier
April 13, 2020 16:30 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBSarah Frier is the social media reporter at Bloomberg and author of the newly released book, No Filter ~ As the end user, we have no choice but to work with whatever changes occur on social media platforms like Instagram. But what, or who, is behind the business and design decisions that impact our experience? And how do these decisions affect our behaviour not just online - but offline as well? In this episode we speak with Sarah Frier, social media reporter at Bloomberg and author of ...
Stop Liking Weight-Loss Posts - with Christy Harrison
April 06, 2020 16:30 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBChristy Harrison is an intuitive eating counsellor, anti-diet dietician and author of the book, Anti-Diet. ~ Have you ever liked a photo of someone who underwent a huge weight transition? Have you ever told a friend they look amazing after losing 10 pounds? Have you ever thought that your life, your potential would look better - if only you could stick to that exercise regime? My friend, like me, you may have grown up around diet-culture. ~ Today's guest is Christy Harrison, an intuitive...
Deconstructing the Culture of Clicks - with Max Stossel
March 30, 2020 15:30 - 50 minutes - 71.8 MBMax Stossel is a Poet and Head of Education at The Center for Humane Technology ~ Scrolling, refreshing, clicking and liking has never been more irresistible. Aside from the fact that media outlets, journalists, influencers, friends and family all exist on the same online platforms, with algorithms that are geared towards fixating our attention, it's a wonder we can pull ourselves off social media at all. ~ Today we talk to Max Stossel, award-winning poet, filmmaker and speaker who was nam...
Make Privacy Great Again - with AJ Rice
March 23, 2020 15:30 - 44 minutes - 62.2 MBOnline, the issue of privacy doesn't matter unless you have something to hide, right? If you've been listening to this podcast since day one, your answer is likely sort of yes - but also a very big no. We're all aware that platforms like Google and Facebook are collecting every scrap of data about us online, and that companies like Nike or even our local hypnotherapist can buy access to the insights that these behaviour and preferences allow. What they do with these insights can be as b...
Finding, Losing and Striving for Fame Online - with Dr Crystal Abidin
March 16, 2020 14:38 - 35 minutes - 51.9 MBDr Crysal Abidin is a sociocultural anthropologist who studies internet cultures ~ As with more traditional forms of celebrity, we can't help but wonder what it would be like to have a taste of social media fame. But what are the consequences for someone who eventually rejects the demands of online fame in a very public way? And what responsibility do journalists and media outlets have for those who has had no agency when it comes to their online presence? Yes, we're talking about the kids...
Bridging the Empathy Divide - with Amy Giddon
March 09, 2020 13:30 - 46 minutes - 65.6 MBAmy Giddon is the co-founder and CEO of the empathy-driven Daily Haloha app ~ After scrolling through your social media feeds, are you left feeling more connected? Understood? Understanding? Joyful? Or does the experience often leave you feeling more disconnected? Polarised? Confused? Divided, even? In this episode, we talk with Amy Giddon, co-founder and CEO of Daily Haloha - an application that aims to rekindle a sense of shared humanity and empathy through anonymity and curiosity. ...
When Life Becomes Content - with Verity Johnson
March 02, 2020 13:30 - 49 minutes - 69.9 MBVerity Johnson is a columnist, writer, TV presenter and media personality (and occasional satirical rapper) ~ From outside of the frame, it's easy to look at those pursuing the #InfluencerLife and make judgements about their motivations and mindset. But how much do you know about what that experience is really like for the person inside the frame? Verity got her first gig in the public eye at just 18 years old, and was encouraged to create a personal brand online. Verity got caught up in...
Posting For Help - with Elliot Taylor
February 24, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 52.4 MBElliot Taylor is the Founder and Executive Director of Live For Tomorrow, a project that's on a mission to prevent suicide on social media ~ Elliot Taylor has been working with young people for over a decade. When he started to notice that they were putting out signals of serious distress on social media, rather than scroll past these posts, he reached out. Live For Tomorrow is the only organised human response system to crisis posts online. Elliot's philosophy is to meet young people wh...
The Business of Influence - with Chris Henry
February 17, 2020 14:30 - 37 minutes - 54 MBWe're all guilty of tagging brands and locations in our social posts (even if it's done for ironic effect). And as brands get savvier at honing in on all levels of potential influence for branded collaborations, it can seem like social media is less a social platform - and more a sales catalogue. Chris Henry recently launched People of Influence, a social talent division of 818 Publicity that facilitates branded campaigns with people who would have arguably had influence even without socia...
Man-ufactured reality
February 10, 2020 16:15 - 21 minutes - 31.2 MBIf we looked hard enough, we'd all find embarrassing photos of ourselves that exist both online and offline. But what happens when you've moved on from a certain stage of your life and photos of you are shared without warning or permission? When a high school friend shared photos of Gerry Parke on Facebook, his reaction was visceral. In those photos, Gerry saw himself trying to mirror and perform a rigid masculine role that was celebrated and enforced by those around him. Having since grow...
Man-ufactured Reality - with Gerry Parke
February 10, 2020 16:15 - 21 minutes - 31.2 MBGerry Parke is an artist whose work unpacks masculinity as a construct ~ If we looked hard enough, we'd all find embarrassing photos of ourselves that exist both online and offline. But what happens when you've moved on from a certain stage of your life and photos of you are shared without warning or permission? When a high school friend shared photos of Gerry Parke on Facebook, his reaction was visceral. In those photos, Gerry saw himself trying to mirror and perform a rigid masculine r...
Mark Zuckerberg wants (your) Attention - with Alex Beattie
February 02, 2020 14:09 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBAlex Beattie is a PHD Student studying the manufacture of disconnection ~ We've all joked about spending so much time on Facebook that we must be addicted before - but the further down the rabbit hole we go, the more serious this joke seems. What happens when technologies that enable connection make us feel disconnected? When the desire to click, like and scroll keeps us fixated on our screens? Is more technology the answer to helping us re-orient our attention back to the real world? ...
Mark Zuckerberg wants (your) attention
February 02, 2020 14:09 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MBWe've all joked about spending so much time on Facebook that we must be addicted before - but the further down the rabbit hole we go, the more serious this joke seems. What happens when technologies that enable connection make us feel disconnected? When the desire to click, like and scroll keeps us fixated on our screens? Is more technology the answer to helping us re-orient our attention back to the real world? PHD student and ex Facebook user, Alex Beattie, helps us unpack complex is...
Wellness equals #empowerment.. Right?
February 02, 2020 12:58 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBYou'd assume that the trend of women dropping out of the workforce to pursue online brands is a good thing. After all, what's more inspiring than a person taking charge of their own path? But as Kaila Tova tells us, this trend is not always necessarily positive. In fact, it's demonstrative of issues that are much bigger than any individual. Plus when online brands are related to health or wellness - things can get a little scary. Topics include: neoliberalism, feminism, self branding, ...
Wellness Equals #Empowerment.. Right? - with Kaila Tova
February 02, 2020 12:58 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBKaila Tova is a PHD student, drag artist and host of the Your Body, Your Brand Podcast ~ You'd assume that the trend of women dropping out of the workforce to pursue online brands is a good thing. After all, what's more inspiring than a person taking charge of their own path? But as Kaila Tova tells us, this trend is not always necessarily positive. In fact, it's demonstrative of issues that are much bigger than any individual. Plus when online brands are related to health or wellness -...
What's in a Selfie?
February 02, 2020 07:26 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBListen to the prologue and discover where we're headed with Selfie Reflective. Host, Lucy O'Connor, shares the non-Instagram-worthy story of what it was actually like to run her now retired personal brand. Find, share feedback and contact: Email - [email protected] Sign up to the mailing list (best option 💌) Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Recommend a guest Featured music sourced from https://filmmusic.io - "Pookatori and Friends" by Kevin MacLeod (https://...
(Prologue) What's in a Selfie? - with host, Lucy O
February 02, 2020 07:26 - 13 minutes - 20.7 MBListen to the prologue and discover where we're headed with Selfie Reflective. Host, Lucy O'Connor, shares the non-Instagram-worthy story of what it was actually like to run her now retired personal brand. Find, share feedback and contact: Email - [email protected] Sign up to the mailing list (best option 💌) Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Recommend a guest Featured music sourced from https://filmmusic.io - "Pookatori and Friends" by Kevin MacLeod (https://...
Prologue - What's in a Selfie?
February 02, 2020 07:26 - 13 minutes - 20.7 MBListen to the prologue and discover where we're headed with Selfie Reflective. Host, Lucy O'Connor, shares the non-Instagram-worthy story of what it was actually like to run her now retired personal brand. Find, share feedback and contact: Email - [email protected] Sign up to the mailing list (best option 💌) Follow on Facebook Follow on Instagram Recommend a guest Featured music sourced from https://filmmusic.io - "Pookatori and Friends" by Kevin MacLeod (https://...