Douglas Rushkoff
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Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist, author and documentarian whose work has influenced contemporary thinking on technology, culture and human agency in the digital age. He is perhaps best known for shaping influential terms and concepts, including 'going viral', 'digital native' and 'social currency', which have since entered mainstream discourse.
His dozen or more books, including recent bestseller Survival of the Richest, examine how digital technologies and market forces undermine human connection and democratic values. In 2012, Rushkoff was declared the sixth most influential thinker in the world by MIT Technology Review. He is currently Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at the City University of New York, Queens College.
Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist, author and documentarian whose work has influenced contemporary thinking on technology, culture and human agency in the digital age. He is perhaps best known for shaping influential terms and concepts, including 'going viral', 'digital native' and 'social currency', which have since entered mainstream discourse.
His dozen or more books, including recent bestseller Survival of the Richest, examine how digital technologies and market forces undermine human connection and democratic values. In 2012, Rushkoff was declared the sixth most influential thinker in the world by MIT Technology Review. He is currently Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at the City University of New York, Queens College.