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Encyclopedia > Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff (born 18 February 1961) is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...


Rushkoff graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University. He moved to Los Angeles and pursued an MFA in Directing from California Institute of the Arts. Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus in and around suburban Princeton, New Jersey. ... The California Institute of the Arts, commonly known as CalArts, and located in Valencia, California, USA, grants degrees in visual and performing arts. ...


Today, he teaches media theory at New York University's (NYU) 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. New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ... The Interactive Telecommunications Program in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University is a pioneering graduate department focused on the study and design of new media, computational media and embedded computing under the umbrella of interactivity. ... Berlins Sony Centre in Potsdamer Platz reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ... Timothy Francis Leary, Ph. ... Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people with around 14 million followers (as of 2005 [1]). It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ...

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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 (fiction)
  • Coercion
  • Nothing Sacred
  • Exit Strategy (Bull, in the UK) (fiction)
  • Club Zero-G (graphic novel, with artist Steph Dumais)
  • Get Back In The Box

He is currently writing an on-going comic book series for DC Comics Vertigo imprint entitled Testament with art and cover by Liam Sharp. Cyberia is a book by Douglas Rushkoff, published in 1994. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Liam Sharp is an artist currently illustrating the comic Testament. ...


Documentaries

Articles by Rushkoff On Line

Archive of Rushkoff's Articles On Line Back In The Box 11/05, Social Currency 9/03, A Brand By Any Other Name 2000, The Third Culture,


See also

Open source religions are attempts to use Open Source methodologies in the creation of religious belief systems. ...

External links


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IT Conversations: Doug Rushkoff (598 words)
Douglas Rushkoff analyzes, writes and speaks about the way people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other's values.
Rushkoff is the author of eight best-selling books on new media and popular culture, including Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say, and the novels Ecstasy Club, Exit Strategy and, most recently, Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism.
Rushkoff's award-winning Frontline documentary The Merchants of Cool was one of the most watched and most talked about documentaries of the year.
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