GLITCH

News Screen Disruption Extension

Christina Papounidou

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News Screen Glitch is a Chrome extension designed to deliberately interrupt the act of reading online news. By progressively corrupting the screen with green pixels and color-shifted text, the extension transforms the news page into an unstable visual field.

The longer the user remains on the page, the stronger the distortion becomes. This gradual glitch questions the idea of passive information consumption and highlights the fatigue, overload, and manipulation embedded in news platforms.

You can check it out on BBC News, CNN, The Gurdian, The New York Times



Glitch is not an error but it's a small act of protest



Extension code screenshot Glitch effect on news website Progressive pixel distortion

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Installation guide

  1. Download the extension .zip file
  2. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable "Developer mode"
  4. Select "Load unpacked" and choose the extracted folder
  5. Visit a supported news website
  6. Remain on the page and observe the progressive visual distortion