Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Media Arts and Technology, Solent University
Garfield Benjamin's research spans cultural theory and creative media practice, focusing on the relation between humans and (digital) technology. Their work emphasises the future of society, whether that be distant or imminent, in order to inform our understanding of the present. Garfield's creative media practice includes web-based media, computer-generated images/film/sound, interactive and game-based works, augmented reality, and avatars.
Garfield's research interests include:
Media theory
Digital culture
Online privacy
Posthumanism
Utopia
Science fiction
Computer games
Digital art
Literature
Psychoanalysis
Quantum physics
Facial recognition is spreading faster than you realise
Mar 01, 2020 13:15 pm UTC| Technology
The UK is currently witnessing a tug of war over facial recognition. On the streets of London and in South Wales, live systems have been deployed by the police, supported by the UK government. But in the Scottish...
Amazon Echo’s privacy issues go way beyond voice recordings
Jan 21, 2020 01:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Amazon Echo and the Alexa voice assistant have had widely publicised issues with privacy. Whether it is the amount of data they collect or the fact that they reportedly pay employees and, at times, external contractors...
Social media: should you share pictures of your children online?
Apr 03, 2019 10:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Gwyneth Paltrow who has 5.3m Instagram followers reportedly ran into a spot of trouble with her daughter, Apple Martin, recently when the 14-year-old called out her mother for posting a picture of her on social media....
Can Britbox beat Netflix? It will need to adapt to changing viewing habits
Mar 06, 2019 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The BBC and ITV recently announced a new joint venture to create a streaming service that they have called Britbox. The focus for Britbox will be to sell British television programmes, old and new, to the UK public, for a...
Deepfake videos could destroy trust in society - here’s how to restore it
Feb 10, 2019 10:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
It has the potential to ruin relationships, reputations and our online reality. Deepfake artificial intelligence technology promises to create doctored videos so realistic that theyre almost impossible to tell from the...
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