Robert Rosenberger

Selected Coverage

Podcast Interviews:

2019. Unbroken Chain podcast with Maura McNamara. “The Politics of Perception with Robert Rosenberger.” -episode about my book Callous Objects.

2021. Interviewed on the Breaking Paradigms podcast. “Hostile City Design.” 2/15/2021.

–quoted in Breaking Paradigms podcast. “Between Hostile and Defensible Design.” 3/1/2021.

Radio Interviews:

2024. Interviewed on the Supreme Court decisions to overturn Grant’s Pass on The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, WNHNFM.ORG, July 2nd, 2024.

2018. Interviewed on Georgia’s texting-while-driving law on the radio program Closer Look with Rose Scott on 90.1 WABE on 7/2/2018. 

2016. Scripted segment for The Academic Minute (syndicated widely on NPR stations), “Robert Rosenberger, Georgia Tech University—Phantom Vibration Syndrome.” 4/14/2016.   Interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show, 93.9 WNYC. “Phantom Vibrations.” 1/20/2016. www.nyc.org.

2016. Interviewed on The Roe Conn Show, WGN Radio, Chicago. “The Science Behind Why You Think Your Phone Is Vibrating, But No One Is There.” 1/6/2016. WGNradio.com

2016. Interviewed on BBC Radio. “Do You Have Phantom Vibration Syndrome?” 1/16/2016. www.bbc.com

2016. Interviewed on GPB Radio, Atlanta, about phantom vibrations, On Second Thought. 1/11/2016. (Starts at 30:09)

2014. Interviewed on The Brian Lehrer Show, 93.9 WNYC. “How Design Hides Homelessness.” 5/23/2104. www.wnyc.org

2013. Interviewed on City Café, 90.1 WABE Atlanta’s NPR station. “The Philosophy of Distracted Driving: A New Theory.” by Kate Sweeny. 5/20/2013. wabe.org

2012. Interviewed on The Bill Good Show, about distracted walking, CKNW AM 980, Vancouver. 6/14/2012.

Television:

2016. Interviewed about phantom vibration syndrome on Fox Carolina. 1/6/2016.

2016. Work mentioned on The Today Show on NBC. 1/15/2016. Interviewed for associated article on Today wired: “Are Cell Phones Causing Hallucinations? The Reason Why You Felt That ‘Phantom Buzz.’” by Chole Vincente.

2012. Interviewed on 11 at 7 with Brenda Wood, “Growing Number of Distracted Walkers End Up In Hospitals.” WXIA-TV, 7/30/2012.

Online and Print:

2023. Interview quoted throughout: “Urbanism 101: Hostile Architecture,” by Leah Hamilton. The Urbanist, December 11th, 2023. 

2023. “Why I’m Basically Hostile towards Hostile Architecture.” By Ben Smithies. Londonist, March 27th, 2023. 

2022. “Hostile Architecture: The Blurring Line Between Public and Private Space.” By Raymond Janis. TBR News Media. May 27th, 2022.

2020. Article/interview covering my work by Elise Li Zheng in the Paper, “对话罗伯特·罗森博格：被技术“调节”的人“ 6/16/2020, issue #27 of the XinRui weekly. (Translation: “Dialogue with Robert Rosenberger: People ‘Regulated’ by Technology.”)

2019. Interview quoted in a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal. “Is Your Phone or Watch Constantly Buzzing? It Could Be In Your Head.” By Daniela Hernandez. DATE. p. 1, 11. wsj.com: Dec. 19th 2019.

2019. Quoted in The New York Post online. “‘Phantom Buzzing’ is Creeping Out Smartphone, Smartwatch Users.” By Michael Kaplan. Dec. 20th, 2019. nypost.com.

2019. Interview on smartphone push notifications quoted in the German newspaper Süddetsche Zeitung, “Wie Push-Mitteilungen Uns Verändern,” by Johannes Kuhn, March 2019. www.sueddeutsche.de

2018. Buzzfeed Video “How Social Media Affects Your Brian” My work appears around the 2min mark.

2018. Interview for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by David Wickert, “Safety Advocates: Georgia’s Distracted Driving Law a ‘First Step’.” myajc.com, 7/1/2018.

2018. Mentioned in: “How Facebook and Instagram Became As Addictive as Painkillers.” By Shelby Brown. CNET, 12/7/2018.

2017. Interviewed for: “Your Brain is Your Phone.” By Kieran Yates. HowWeGetToNext.com, 8.28.2017.

2016. “Is That a Phone in My Pocket or Just a Phantom Vibration?” The Times of London. 1/9/2016.

2016. “Your Smartphone is Making You Hallucinate.” The New York Post online. 1/5/2016.

2016. “Phantom Vibration Syndrome: Up to 90 per cent of People Suffer Phenomenon While Mobile Phone is in Pocket.” The Independent. 1/10/2016.

2016. “Do You Have Phantom Vibration Syndrome?” WebMD Health News. 1/11/2016.

2016. “’Phantom Vibration Syndome’ Common In Cellphone Users.” CBSnews.com 1/12/2016.

2016. “Ever Feel Like Your Phone’s Vibrating, But It Really Isn’t? This is Why…” Marie Claire online. 1/12/2016.

2016. “Do You Have ‘Ringxiety’? Anxious Loners Hear Phantom Phone Calls.” The Telegraph. 2/4/2016.

2015. Interview quoted in: “Parents of 13-Year-Old Killed In Car Crash Share Powerful Message About Distracted Driving.” by Rachel Bertsche. Yahoo! Parenting. 8.6.2015.

2015. Article about my work, with quoted interview: “The Philosophy of Phones: Why It Might Not Matter That You Can’t Stop Checking Yours.” by Barbara Speed. The New Statesman online. 7/2015.

2015. Article quoted in: “If Homeless People Can’t Sleep Outside, Apple Customers Shouldn’t Either.” The Daily Dot. 4/8/2015. www.dailydot.com

2014. Response to my article: “Bring on the Anti-Homeless Spikes!” The Washington Free Beacon. 5/30/2014. freebeacon.com

2014. Response to my article: “Sidewalk Spikes: How Some Homeless Aren’t Sitting Pretty.” Deseret News, National. 5/25/2014. national.deseretnews.com

2014. Response to my article: “If You Were Disturbed By the Anti-Homeless Spikes in London, Consider Calgary.” Metro News, Calgary. 5/7/2014.

2013. Interview quoted in: “Give Your… Cell Phone a Check Up.” by Mallory Creveling. SHAPE Magazine, Oct. 2013, p. 130.

2013. Interview quoted in: “Full Speed Ahead For Connected Cars, But Are They Going the Wrong Way?” NBC News online. 11/27/2013. nbcnews.com

2013. Interview quoted in: “Distracted Driving: Safety advocates call for culture shift as more US Drivers admit to deadly habit.” NBC News online. 10/26/2013.

2013. Interview quoted in: “Driving While Wearing Google Glass: Could the futuristic device join handheld cell phones, texting as illegal?” by Eric Ortiz. New York Daily News online. 7/13/2013. nydailynews.com

2013. News article on my work. “Why Hands-Free Phones May Be Unsafe For Drivers.” by Megan Gannon. Live Science. 6/3/2013. -Reproduced on yahoonews.com and nbcnews.com

2012. Response to my article: “Does Technology Make the Writer? I Hope Not.” By Molly Oswaks. Gizmodo. 8/02/2012. gizmodo.com