He has also written and presented two documentaries, the merchants of cool and the persuaders. Between 1996 and 2001 he wrote a column on interactive culture for the new york times and the guardian. Buy this book this heady report takes readers on a dizzying and dangerous guided tour through. Douglas rushkoff has 47 books on goodreads with 31792 ratings. He believes one day we will tire of all of this coercion and that we will want to think for ourselves. By touting the value of thinking outside the box, business experts have inspired an obsession with growth, competition and offbeat concepts, says rushkoff cyberia. The digital age will always be marked by the spirit of its first emergence. Douglas rushkoff is the author of 12 books on technology, media and pop culture, including coercion, media virus, playing the future and cyberia, the first book on cyber culture. Innovation from the inside out and coercion, winner of the marshall mcluhan award for best media book.
He sees media as the landscape where this interaction takes place and literacy as the ability to participate consciously in it. When everything happens now, and program or be programmed ten commands for a digital age, and more on. Todays leading thinkers on the unthinkable, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. They include cyberia, media virus, playing the future, nothing sacred. Why we listen to what they say by rushkoff, douglas isbn. He has made the pbs frontline documentaries digital nation, the persuaders, and merchants of cool.
A good book to read this book against would be escape velocity by mark dery, which is a little more down to earth, covers some similar material, and contains a counterpoint to cyberia. Cyberia is about a very special moment in our recent history a moment. Douglas rushkoff is the author of ten books on media, technology, and society, including cyberia, media virus, coercion, nothing sacred. Life in the trenches of hyperspace and media virus hidden agendas in popular culture. Douglas rushkoff, author of what is your dangerous idea. Douglas rushkoff managed to snap a picture at the very crest of that wave, capturing the philosophies, personalities and chemistries that made it a moment of such. Rushkoff takes a tom wolfe electric koolaid acid test style or roman a clef, as he actively becomes a part of the people and culture that he is writing about. Douglas rushkoff emerged as a media commentator in 1994 with his first book, cyberia. Douglas rushkoff books list of books by author douglas. Douglas rushkoff is the winner of the first neil postman award for career achievement in public intellectual activity.
How growth became the enemy of prosperity, present shock, program or be programmed, media virus, and the novel ecstasy club. Why we listen to what they say by douglas rushkoff at indigo. Social movements such as the promise keepers do demographic research on the psychological needs of prospective members and structure rallies accordingly. Douglas ruskoffs previous books including cyberia and media virushave been translated into thirteen languages. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. This largely sympathetic report from the latest frontier will undoubtedly strike many older readers as outrageous, but others especially. The truth about judaism, and coercion, winner of the marshall mcluhan award for best media book. Douglas rushkoff is an author, teacher, and documentarian who focuses on the ways people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each others values. Rushkoff ends the book at an unexpected high and optimistic note. Douglas rushkoffs most popular book is program or be programmed. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture, and his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems rushkoff is most frequently regarded as a media theorist, and known for coining terms and concepts including viral media or. Rushkoff also wrote the acclaimed novels ecstasy club and exit strategy and graphic novel, club zerog. In coercion douglas rushkoff argues that we each have our own theysbosses, experts, and authorities both real and imaginary who have taken over much of the decisionmaking power in our lives. In the past, rushkoff has been a cheerleader for the liberating potentialities of the internet and other interactive technology.
Douglas mark rushkoff born february 18, 1961 is an american media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. Rushkoff himself has distanced himself widely from the rhetoric used in this book, but even this does not discredit this as a seminal text when looking at the. Winner of the first neil postman award for career achievement in public intellectual activity, douglas rushkoff has written a dozen bestselling books on media and society, including cyberia, media virus, coercion winner of the marshall mcluhan award, get back in the box, and life inc. See all books authored by douglas rushkoff, including present shock.
He has written a dozen bestselling books on media and society, including cyberia, media virus, coercion winner of the marshall mcluhan award, get back in the box, life inc. Life in the trenches of hyperspace clinamen press ltd. But i think that a certain part of judaism is over. Its only our attachment to the pain and suffering of. Life in the trenches of cyberspace by douglas rushkoff. Like their print counterparts, these programs broadcast stories that more established news agencies would have held backwhich in turn gave rise to a whole new set of journalistic standards and an unleashing of alternative news sources and outlets. Douglas rushkoff paperback october 1, 2002 the digital age will always be marked by the spirit of its first emergence, and the tension from the very first between corporate hightech and the appropriation of information technologies by the counterculture. Douglas rushkoff has written ten books on new media and popular culture including cyberia, media virus, playing the future, nothing sacred. Winner of the first neil postman award for career achievement in public intellectual activity, douglas rushkoff has written a dozen bestselling books on media and society, including cyberia, media virus, coercion winner of the marshall mcluhan a. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture, and his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems. Preface to the 1994 paperback edition a lot has happened in the year or so since i wrote this book. Rushkoff was suddenly in demand as a media consultant to the united nations commission on world culture and, for fees of five thousand dollars an hour.
Douglas rushkoff born 18 february 1961 is an american media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist and documentarian. Douglas rushkoff public affairs convocation public. The low cost of video production and the increase in available channels gave rise to countless tabloid television shows. Winner of the media ecology associations first neil postman award for career achievement in public intellectual activity, douglas rushkoff is an author, teacher, and documentarian who focuses on the ways people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each others values. Cyberia 1994 was cyberculture theorist douglas rushkoffs first book, written.
Cyberia is a book by douglas rushkoff, published in 1994. Listen in on conversations with dozens of cyberians, including. The more complex, technological, and invisible coercion gets, he writes, the harder it is for us to rely on our ability to detect the hard sell. Excerpt from coercion by douglas rushkoff, plus links to. Indeed as rushkoff shows, most americans have so willingly adopted the values of corporations that theyre no longer even aware of it. Douglas ruskoffs previous booksincluding cyberia and media virushave been translated into thirteen languages. He is professor of media theory and digital economics at cunyqueens. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Why we listen to what they say paperback october 1, 2000. How the world became a corporation and how to take it back check out. They say that youre using only ten percent of your brain.
Named one of the worlds ten most influential intellectuals by mit, douglas. His other books include cyberia, media virus, playing the future, nothing sacred. Ralph abraham, cyberias village mathematician, a bearded technosage whose mathematical equations explain the shifting, hyperdimensional cyberian turf. Program or be programmed ten commands for a digital age. Yet such coercion is not restricted to the usual world of commerce. He is best known for his association with the early cyberpunk culture, and his advocacy of open source solutions to social problems rushkoff is most frequently regarded as a media theorist and is known for coining terms and concepts including viral. Ten commands for a digital age, he shows us how we can take command of new technologies and gain access to the. Coercion by douglas rushkoff summary by andras konya. For more information about douglas rushkoffs book, life inc. His book coercion won the marshall mcluhan award, and the media ecology.
A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. His exuberantly written, disturbing coercion may induce paranoia in readers as it illuminates the countless ways. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Coercion goodreads share book recommendations with. Thanks to technologies like the computer, the modem.
Douglas rushkoffs career as a journalist took off in 1994 with the publication of cyberia. Unfortunately, not everyone to whom we surrender this control has our best interests at heart. Rushkoff distances himself from previous arguments in cyberia and media virus, in which he staked out internetoptimistic positions based upon its potential to counter coercion. Program or be programmed by douglas rushkoff overdrive. Winner of the 2002 marshal mcluhan award for best media book.
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