Watts On Your Screen

An ambient excursion through positive and peculiar comments on the internet. Headphones on 🎧 for this experimental bit of audio. Don't worry if it's not your cup of tea, the next episode will be more normal. If you like this episode, you may also like: Unseen & Appropriated: https://pod.fo/e/356927The Final Boss of Ad Data: https://podfollow.com/watts-on-your-screen/episode/bd9e088ac6bcc847bff6f433bd646673ea978f2d/ 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The stories of two women in Nottingham who discovered Tik-Tok videos of themselves which had been secretly recorded using Meta smart glasses and uploaded without their knowledge or consent. I also explore the motives, attitude, and Discord server of "Carlos", the man behind the glasses. That's him in the cover art.👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An investigation into ubiquitous stock imagery used to depict cyberspace, technology and the 1980s. I examine the pop culture of the 80s, the influence of technology, certain cities, and synthwave.🔗LINKS:📰 Useful articles on the subject: https://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/80s-font.aspx https://medium.com/@cywjoel/outrun-the-aesthetic-deconstructed-dbd3cd8679b7https://wearethemutants.com/2017/02/16/vanishing-point-how-the-light-grid-defined-1980s-futurism/https://indieground.net/blog/80s-grid-history/📕 Michel Tcherevkoff's book: https://archive.org/details/tcherevkoffimage0000tche/page/n151/mode/2up🎥The Rise of the Synths documentary website: https://theriseofthesynths.com/ 🎥My documentary, Follow the Stickers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6Q4uOLIY4 📼The 77-Year-Old Giga-Chad Boomer who loves GIFs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SO7cZU_nM 👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A summary of the month of January 2025 told via unseen snippets of mundane video in an audio collage that I narrate. Yeah, it's an odd one, but give it a chance. 🔗LINKS:My Roosevelt documentary: https://youtu.be/uxyP0ue681A👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Andy Phippen talks about about his 20 years of experience in the world of online harms. We talk about the effectiveness of prohibition, the online safety act, harm reduction, and what young people actually say about their internet usage when you take the time to ask them. 🔗LINKS:The news story about the grooming victim in Wiltshire who was told by the police that he had done something illegal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjrdz0qegg3o)Andy's book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-80286-7My newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/Substack’s nazi problem: https://www.platformer.news/substack-nazi-push-notification/👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATTYou can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocsHere's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN?Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.