Latest Aright Podcast Episodes
'The Social Dilemma' - with Jeff Orlowski
Selfie Reflective - September 28, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJeff 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 y...
Status: Activism - with Guled Mire
Selfie Reflective - September 21, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsGuled 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...
Unintended Consequences - with Nadja Streiter
Selfie Reflective - September 14, 2020 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNadja 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? Wh...
The Effects of Media Multitasking - with Susanne Baumgartner
Selfie Reflective - September 07, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSusanne 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’...
Mental Health, Technology and Us - with Dr. Jody Adewale
Selfie Reflective - August 31, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDr. 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...
Why Access Equals Belonging - with Humphrey Hanley
Selfie Reflective - August 24, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHumphrey 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 ...
Pornography and Youth - with Jo Robertson
Selfie Reflective - August 17, 2020 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJo 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, bu...
Fighting the Amplification of Hate - with Dr David Hall
Selfie Reflective - August 10, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDr 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 the...
Going Viral - with Alice Brine
Selfie Reflective - August 03, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAlice 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 ...
Decoding the Algorithm - with Nick Diakopoulos
Selfie Reflective - July 27, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNicholas 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 re...
The Endless Internship - with Kathleen Kuehn
Selfie Reflective - July 20, 2020 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKathleen 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 ...
But What About the Kids? - with Sean Lyons
Selfie Reflective - July 13, 2020 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSean 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 brillia...
Mission: Digital Inclusion - with Andrew Cushen
Selfie Reflective - July 06, 2020 23:40 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAndrew 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 grabb...
Unpacking Masculinity - with Sam O'Sullivan
Selfie Reflective - June 29, 2020 13:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSam 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 ner...
Is That Marketing Anti-Feminist..? - with Kelly Diels
Selfie Reflective - June 22, 2020 13:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsKelly 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 market...
A Case for Slacktivism - with James Dennis
Selfie Reflective - June 15, 2020 13:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsJames 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...
Mining Your Language - with Dr Rachael Tatman
Selfie Reflective - June 08, 2020 12:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDr 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 mem...
Regaining Con-troll - with Ana Scotney
Selfie Reflective - June 01, 2020 14:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsAna 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, ou...
Posing as Spiritual - Yoga Culture with Rumya Putcha
Selfie Reflective - May 25, 2020 14:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsRumya 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, ...
Pictures of 'Health' - with Niki Bezzant
Selfie Reflective - May 18, 2020 13:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsNiki 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, c...
Next Stop: Disinformation Station - with Ben Nimmo
Selfie Reflective - May 11, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsBen 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 po...
Comment, I Dare You - with Madeleine Chapman
Selfie Reflective - May 04, 2020 17:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMadeleine 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, ...
Fraudulent Transactions - with Martin Cocker, Bronwyn Groot and Molly Jobe
Selfie Reflective - April 27, 2020 16:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsToday'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 ...
Bonus Episode - The Tale of Buuster Fitness
Selfie Reflective - April 26, 2020 22:59 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis 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...
Bonus Episode - 'Collaborative Opportunity'
Selfie Reflective - April 26, 2020 22:59 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWhether 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...
Inside Instagram HQ - with Sarah Frier
Selfie Reflective - April 13, 2020 16:30 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSarah 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 impac...
Stop Liking Weight-Loss Posts - with Christy Harrison
Selfie Reflective - April 06, 2020 16:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsChristy 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...
Deconstructing the Culture of Clicks - with Max Stossel
Selfie Reflective - March 30, 2020 15:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsMax 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 algori...
Make Privacy Great Again - with AJ Rice
Selfie Reflective - March 23, 2020 15:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsOnline, 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 dat...
Finding, Losing and Striving for Fame Online - with Dr Crystal Abidin
Selfie Reflective - March 16, 2020 14:38 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDr 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 o...
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