Douglas Rushkoff

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Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff at 2023 SXSW
Born	(1961-02-18) February 18, 1961 (age 63) New York City, US
Occupation	Media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, documentarian
Education	Princeton University (BA) California Institute of the Arts (MA) American Film Institute Utrecht University (PhD)
Subject	American media
Spouse	Barbara Kligman
Children	1
Website
rushkoff.com

Douglas Mark Rushkoff (born February 18, 1961) is an American media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian. 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 media (or media virus), digital native, and social currency. ^{[citation needed]} He has written ten books on media, technology and culture. He wrote the first syndicated column on cyberculture for The New York Times Syndicate, as well as regular columns for The Guardian of London,^[1] Arthur,^[2] Discover,^[3] and the online magazines Daily Beast,^[4] and TheFeature.

Rushkoff is currently Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics at the City University of New York, Queens College. He has previously lectured at The New School University in Manhattan^[5] and the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he created the Narrative Lab.^[6] In 2012, Rushkoff was declared the sixth most influential thinker in the world by MIT Technology Review, following Steven Pinker, David Graeber, Nobel prize-winner Daniel Kahneman, Thilo Sarrazin, and Richard Florida.^[7][8]