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Podcast Interview with Douglas Rushkoff

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Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff talks about corporatism in this pocast interview. He’s a (born 18 February 1961) is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture.

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. His views on cyberculture and the media made him a sought after advisor and consultant with many organizations and companies, including the United Nations Commission on World Culture and the Sony corporation.

Though an advocate for new technologies, his views lean towards an open source use of technology, making him a founding member of Technorealism. This extends to his broader philosophy as the founder of an online community for discussion of Judaism and related issues, called Open Source Judaism. In the book Media Virus, he expounds on various terms such as meta-media and tactical media especially in relation to popular culture media such as television.

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Written by Luca

October 10th, 2007 at 5:49 am

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