Television & Broadcast Commentary

Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket appears regularly on television, radio and documentary programmes as an expert commentator on the psychological and societal implications of technology. Her broadcast analysis spans AI at work, relational AI and machine–human connection, digital afterlives, digital wellbeing and emerging online culture. UK-based and frequently working in the United States, she contributes to major UK and North American broadcasters — including the BBC, Sky News, ITV, CNN, PBS and American Public Media — offering a transatlantic perspective on digital life.

  • Elaine Kasket featured on Netflix' The Future of series talking about digital afterlife
  • Elaine Kasket interviewed on CNN, live about RaptureTok and featured on Clare Duffy's Terms of Service
  • Elaine Kasket spoke with PBS' Curly Velasquez about digital afterlives
  • Elaine Kasket contributing expert commentary on BBC about digital culture and human behaviour
  • Elaine Kasket providing expert commentary to ITV News on psychology and technology
  • Elaine Kasket appeared live on Sky News speaking about what happens to your data when die
  • Elaine Kasket was featured on Marketplace Tech's Terms of Service, speaking about technological resurrections
  • Elaine Kasket was featured on the CBC (Canada) documentary programme Facebook Follies
  • Elaine Kasket and Patrick Stokes appeared ABC (Australia's) Philosopher's Zone, discussing digital afterlife
  • Elaine Kasket appears frequently BBC Radio Ulster and BBC NI discussing psychology and tech
  • Elaine Kasket's All the Ghosts in the Machine was the basis for a Korean documentary on KBS
  • Live from Bristol, Elaine appeared on BBC Breakfast discussing digital death
  • Elaine Kasket has frequently contributed to BBC Radio 4 PM, discussing topics like digital afterlife and headphone dodgers
  • Elaine Kasket appeared on New Zealand's premiere breakfast TV programme, talking digital life after death
  • Cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket has discussed psychology and tech frequently on Channel 4 news, including a cyberbullying feature

PBS Digital Studios, Dead & Buried: What Happens to Your Digital Footprint After Death? (Nov 10 2023) Click the logo to watch as host Curly Velasquez speaks with cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket and research scientist Muhammad Ahmad about grief bots, digital remains, and AI-generated immortality. Elaine explores why grief isn't a problem to be solved, who owns our data after death, and why digital afterlife is inseparable from digital life. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour: 'Sharenting' — The Moment My Daughter Told Me to Stop Posting Online About Her (Sep 22 2023) Watch as Jessica Creighton speaks with cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket and her daughter Zoe about the moment Zoe, aged nine, asked her mother to stop sharing photos of her online. Elaine, a self-described former habitual 'sharent,' explores what happened when she listened and what it taught her about children's digital consent. Themes from Reset: Rethinking Your Digital World for a Happier Life.

CNN, What We Know with Max Foster: The Rapture on TikTok (Sep 2025) Click the link to watch as cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket joins Max Foster to discuss why rapture predictions are trending on TikTok — from apocalyptic anxiety in uncertain times to how algorithms amplify emotionally charged content and create echo chambers that make fringe ideas feel mainstream. Elaine explores why our brains are wired to find patterns in chaos and why most of us are ill-equipped to confront end-of-the-world thinking.

BBC Ideas: What Will Your Digital Legacy Be? (May 22 2020) Click the logo to watch cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket exploring what happens to our digital footprints after we die — from social media profiles and stored data to the question of who owns and controls our online remains. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

BBC Tech Now with Yasmin Morgan-Griffiths: How Griefbots Allow People to Talk to the Dead (June 2025). Click the logo to watch as cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket explores the rise of AI-powered grief bots that simulate conversation with deceased loved ones, examining what they mean for how we grieve, questions of consent and privacy, and whether technology should try to solve for death. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.

CBC Doc Zone: Facebook Follies (Oct 27 2011) One from the archives! Click the link to watch cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket featuring in this CBC documentary, exploring the unexpected consequences of sharing personal information on social media — from lost jobs and broken relationships to the question of what your Facebook profile means after you die. Directed by Geoff D'Eon.

Netflix, The Future Of: Life After Death (2022). Click the link and be logged into Netflix to see cyberpsychologist Elaine Kasket appearing as an expert contributor in this episode exploring the scope of digital afterlives — from the responsibilities social media companies have inherited as custodians of our loved ones' data, to the potential for corporations to profit from digital remains. Elaine also consulted extensively with the producers during production. Themes from All the Ghosts in the Machine.