Douglas Rushkoff
Author of Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say
About the Author
Douglas Rushkoff was born on February 18, 1961. After graduating from Princeton University he received an MFA in Directing from California Institute of the Arts. He has written numerous magazine columns on topics including cyberculture and has been aired on CBS Sunday Morning and NPR's All Things show more Considered and published in The New York Times and Time magazine. Rushkoff has taught at the MaybeLogic Academy, NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, and the Esalen Institute, and he teaches media studies at the New School University. Rushkoff lectures around the world about media, art, society, and change at conferences and universities. He consults to museums, governments, synagogues, churches, universities, and companies on new media arts and ethics. Rushkoff won the first Neil Postman award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity. He is on the Boards of the Media Ecology Association, The Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, Technorealism, The National Association for Media Literacy Education, MeetUp.com, and Hyperwords. His bestselling books include graphic novels, Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism, Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out, Coercion, and Life Inc. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: KLRU's Engaging Speaker Series, April 2007, photo by Bruce Turner
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Works by Douglas Rushkoff
The Tomorrow Project: Bestselling Authors Describe Daily Life in the Future (2011) — Author — 19 copies
Testament #17 1 copy
Testament #21 1 copy
Testament #19 1 copy
Testament #07 1 copy
Testament #22 1 copy
Testament #20 1 copy
Testament #18 1 copy
Testament #15 1 copy
Testament #16 1 copy
Testament #14 1 copy
Testament #13 1 copy
Testament #12 1 copy
Testament #10 1 copy
Testament #09 1 copy
Testament #08 1 copy
Testament #06 1 copy
Testament #11 1 copy
Associated Works
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (2012) — Contributor — 792 copies
You Are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths (2001) — Contributor, some editions — 687 copies
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (1914) — Contributor — 627 copies
Everything You Know About God Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Religion (2007) — Contributor — 302 copies
Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003) — Contributor — 71 copies
Painful But Fabulous: The Life and Art of Genesis P-Orridge (2002) — Foreword, some editions — 47 copies
Maybe Logic : The Lives And Ideas Of Robert Anton Wilson [2003 film] (2003) — Actor, some editions — 12 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1961-02-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Occupations
- teacher
author - Relationships
- Rushkoff, Barbara (wife)
- Organizations
- Open Source Judaism
New York University - Short biography
- Douglas Rushkoff is a media analyst, author, and documentarian. [from What We Believe But Cannot Prove (2006)]
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