The Netflix docudrama “The Social Dilemma” is worth a watch. Centred around interviews with former executives of social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Google, it has been criticised for using a fictional all-American family and personified algorithm to dramatize its central narrative. Despite criticism, it has been well-received, staying in Netflix’s top 10Continue reading “Netflix goes head to head with Digital Frankenstein”
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Unpacking our anxiety
The Privacy Commissioner has just released the 2020 Australian Community Attitudes to Privacy Survey. So what do we think about how we are treated online and does privacy matter? The survey asked Australians to consider what the word privacy means to them. The most common interpretation, “the idea of keeping one’s information private and confidential”Continue reading “Unpacking our anxiety”
Blogging in a pandemic
My blog is about my personal interest in information and data. I am interested in how information and content is created by us and for us, the ways in which we use and disclose it and the impacts of regulation and control. I am also interested in the ways in which we react to newContinue reading “Blogging in a pandemic”
Inner Demons
Running through AC/DC Lane in Melbourne on a work trip (when such things were possible), I found myself drawn to Inner Demons, an iconic street art image located on Melbourne’s AC/DC Lane. The image struck me, mostly because I had been spending a lot of time thinking (well OK obsessing) about our reactions to informationContinue reading “Inner Demons”
