Kiss Cam Crisis

Naim Tahir Baig

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Dr Naim Tahir Baig
31 July 2025

Media studies; Ethical issues & debates; Corporate governance & responsibilities

Book Description

In July 2025, a twelve-second moment at a Coldplay concert destroyed two careers and exposed the hidden infrastructure of America's surveillance state. When CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot of the billion-dollar startup Astronomer were caught on the stadium's ""kiss cam,"" their panicked reaction to unwanted visibility triggered a viral cascade that would fundamentally reshape our understanding of privacy, power, and accountability in the digital age.

Dr. Naim Tahir Baig's Kiss Cam Crisis offers the definitive account of how a routine concert moment evolved into a global corporate governance scandal, revealing the alarming extent to which our public spaces have become surveillance networks and our private moments have become public commodities. Through meticulous research and compelling narrative, Baig traces the incident's trajectory from viral TikTok video to international business case study, exposing the mechanisms by which algorithmic amplification, crowd-sourced investigation, and cross-platform distribution can instantly transform local entertainment into global crisis.

This book is far more than a corporate scandal exposé. It is a urgent examination of surveillance capitalism in action, demonstrating how concert venues, social media platforms, and digital crowds now function as an integrated system of observation and accountability that operates outside traditional legal and ethical frameworks. Baig reveals how Chinese-owned platforms shape American corporate culture, how viral moments bypass established gatekeepers to create new forms of justice, and how the erosion of privacy boundaries has created a world where every public figure-and increasingly, every individual-lives under the constant threat of viral exposure.

Kiss Cam Crisis combines rigorous academic analysis with accessible storytelling to illuminate the broader implications of our hyperconnected society. From the economics of viral content to the geopolitics of digital platforms, from the psychology of crowd-sourced shaming to the international variations in corporate governance, this book provides essential insights for understanding how power, privacy, and accountability function in the twenty-first century. It serves as both a cautionary tale about the world we have built and a roadmap for navigating the challenges of living in a society where the boundaries between public and private, personal and professional, local and global have been permanently shattered.

For business leaders, policymakers, privacy advocates, and anyone seeking to understand the forces reshaping our digital society, Kiss Cam Crisis offers an indispensable analysis of the new rules governing reputation, responsibility, and human dignity in the surveillance age.

By: Naim Tahir Baig
Imprint: Dr Naim Tahir Baig
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9798231413669
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 31 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Naim Tahir Baig can be described as a Political Analyst, Geopolitical Strategist, Military and Security Studies Expert, Intelligence and Espionage Scholar, Social Commentator, Philosopher of Contemporary Issues, Digital Economy Specialist, Islamic Scholar and Interfaith Commentator, Poet and Literary Author, Regional Studies Expert, Multidisciplinary Intellectual, and Pakistan-Centric Analyst, reflecting his diverse expertise across politics, geopolitics, military strategy, intelligence, social commentary, business, religion, literature, and regional studies. Books by Dr Naim Tahir Baig Political Analysis & Contemporary History Bashar al-Assad's Last Stand: A Study of the Syrian Conflict's Final 11 Days in December 2024 Three Winters in Exile: The Trump Chronicles 2021-2024 Biden vs. Trump The 45th and 46th: A Tale of Two Americas Imran Khan's Political Journey: From Cricket to Revolution Political Prophecies of Imran Khan From Captain to Khan: The Rise and Fall of Imran Khan The Widening Political Gap Between Muslim Rulers And Their Masses In The 21st Century Ibrahim Traoré International Relations & Geopolitical Analysis Can Russia Help Pakistan Grow? Why Nuclear-Armed Pakistan Has Not Fought a War Against Israel in the 2020s? A Textbook Of Foreign Policy Analysis International Relations from a Pakistani Perspective The UNO's Three Failures: Gaza, Kashmir, and Ukraine Military Operations & Strategic Studies 27 Minutes That Nearly Started World War III Operation Bunyan um Marsoos 2nd Edition: Operation Rising Lion: Israel's Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Program Operation True Promise 3 The Spider's Web: How Ukraine Rewrote the Rules of War Operation Rising Lion 2025: Israel's Strike on Iran's Nuclear Program Intelligence and Espionage Research Analysis Behind The Veil Of Deception: Catherine Perez-Shakdam

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