When did we all start surveilling each other?
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When did we all start surveilling each other?
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Whether it’s the Coldplay kiss cam or screenshots of dating profiles, it feels like any one of our private lives could inadvertently go public any minute now.
A Coldplay concert kiss cam video went viral when one couple featured jumped away from each other and hid their faces. The internet quickly identified the concertgoers, and it turned the couple’s life upside-down. It makes you think though…could this happen to me too?
Brittany talks with Kate Wagner, architecture critic at The Nation, to discuss what this viral moment says about our eroding privacy in both public and private life, and how we’ve internalized casual surveillance. Do we all carry Coldyplay kiss cams in the form of our phones?
Read Kate’s article in Lux Magazine about why internet surveillance is killing eroticism here.
This episode was produced by Liam McBain. It was edited by Neena Pathak. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Executive Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.