Douglas Rushkoff
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Douglas Rushkoff is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture.
Rushkoff graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. He moved out to Los Angeles and pursued an MFA in Directing from California Institute of the Arts.
Today, he teaches media theory at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Rushkoff is known for being an active member of the cyberpunk movement and was the online associate of Timothy Leary. He has founded an online community for discussion of Judaism and related issues, called Open Source Judaism.
Works
His books include:
- Stoned Free (with Patrick Wells)
- Cyberia
- The GenX Reader
- Media Virus
- Playing the Future (Children of Chaos in the UK)
- Ecstasy Club
- Coercion
- Nothing Sacred
- Exit Strategy (Bull, in the UK) (fiction)
- Club Zero-G (graphic novel, with artist Steph Dumais)
External links
- Rushkoff's Blog (http://www.rushkoff.com/blog.php)
- Frontline: The merchants of cool (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/) was a report by Rushkoff on marketing and teen culture. Available for online viewing.
- Frontline: The Persuaders (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/) was a report by Rushkoff on branding, advertising, and marketing. Available for online viewing.
- I'm No Authority: Ten Questions with Altculture Spokesman Douglas Rushkoff (http://jivemagazine.com/article.php?pid=1630).
- Douglas spoke about how the role of hackers in society has changed (http://www.h2k2.net/panels.html#haz) at H2K2.
- Newsarama interviews Douglas Ruhkoff (http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14860) about his debut graphic novel, Club Zero-G.
- Open Source Judaism (http://www.opensourcejudaism.com), a religious discussion blog inspired by the ideas in Nothing Sacred.
- The New Zionist Interview: Douglas Rushkoff (http://www.newzionist.com/?p=77)