A 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 ...
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'The Social Dilemma' - with Jeff Orlowski
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Jeff 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, …
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Status: Activism - with Guled Mire
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Guled 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 …
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Unintended Consequences - with Nadja Streiter
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Nadja 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 c…
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The Effects of Media Multitasking - with Susanne Baumgartner
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Susanne 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 …
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Mental Health, Technology and Us - with Dr. Jody Adewale
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Dr. 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 Psycholo…
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Why Access Equals Belonging - with Humphrey Hanley
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Humphrey 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 re…
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Pornography and Youth - with Jo Robertson
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Jo 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 so…
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Fighting the Amplification of Hate - with Dr David Hall
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Dr 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 w…
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Alice 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 …
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Decoding the Algorithm - with Nick Diakopoulos
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Nicholas 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 infl…
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The Endless Internship - with Kathleen Kuehn
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Kathleen 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 au…
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But What About the Kids? - with Sean Lyons
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Sean 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 w…
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Mission: Digital Inclusion - with Andrew Cushen
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Andrew 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…
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Unpacking Masculinity - with Sam O'Sullivan
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Sam 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 …
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Is That Marketing Anti-Feminist..? - with Kelly Diels
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Kelly 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 …
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A Case for Slacktivism - with James Dennis
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James 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 massiv…
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Mining Your Language - with Dr Rachael Tatman
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Dr 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 co…
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Regaining Con-troll - with Ana Scotney
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Ana 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…
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Posing as Spiritual - Yoga Culture with Rumya Putcha
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Rumya 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 …
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Pictures of 'Health' - with Niki Bezzant
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Niki 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…
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Next Stop: Disinformation Station - with Ben Nimmo
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Ben 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, educa…
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Comment, I Dare You - with Madeleine Chapman
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Madeleine 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 bas…
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Fraudulent Transactions - with Martin Cocker, Bronwyn Groot and Molly Jobe
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Today'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 c…
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Bonus Episode - 'Collaborative Opportunity'
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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 ignor…
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Inside Instagram HQ - with Sarah Frier
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Sarah 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 …
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Stop Liking Weight-Loss Posts - with Christy Harrison
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Christy 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 s…
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Deconstructing the Culture of Clicks - with Max Stossel
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Max 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…
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Make Privacy Great Again - with AJ Rice
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Online, 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…
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Finding, Losing and Striving for Fame Online - with Dr Crystal Abidin
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Dr 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…
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Bridging the Empathy Divide - with Amy Giddon
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Amy 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-foun…
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When Life Becomes Content - with Verity Johnson
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Verity 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? …
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Posting For Help - with Elliot Taylor
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Elliot 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 rea…
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The Business of Influence - with Chris Henry
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We'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…
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Man-ufactured Reality - with Gerry Parke
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Gerry 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 pho…
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Mark Zuckerberg wants (your) Attention - with Alex Beattie
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Alex 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, l…
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Wellness Equals #Empowerment.. Right? - with Kaila Tova
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Kaila 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…
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(Prologue) What's in a Selfie? - with host, Lucy O
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Listen 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 - selfiereflective@gmail.com Sign up to the mailing list (best option 💌) Follow on Facebook Follow on In…
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