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	IT Conversations: Doug Rushkoff
		Douglas Rushkoff analyzes, writes and speaks about the way people, cultures, and institutions create, share, and influence each other's values.
		Rushkoff is the author of eight best-selling books on new media and popular culture, including Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say, and the novels Ecstasy Club, Exit Strategy and, most recently, Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism.
		Rushkoff's award-winning Frontline documentary The Merchants of Cool was one of the most watched and most talked about documentaries of the year.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail243.html (598 words)

	Amazon.ca: Nothing Sacred: the Truth About Judaism: Books: Douglas Rushkoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rushkoff explains why and how he took up such surfing: he had a surprising vision one day of how relevant the core values of Judaism were for his work in media.
		Rushkoff presents a thesis that the main tenets of Judaism are iconoclasm, radical monotheism, and social justice.
		Rushkoff constantly distorts Jewish history and thought without support or footnotes in order to fit his ideological thesis that Judaism is a progressive religion rooted in secular humanism.
	www.amazon.ca /Nothing-Sacred-Truth-About-Judaism/dp/0609610945 (3786 words)

	Children of Chaos by Douglas Rushkoff - flaky history
		Rushkoff takes some of the buzz-words of chaos theory and uses them to help understand how society is changing - for example fractals - patterns or self-similarities which are repeated on different scales.
		Rushkoff uses the theory that the unborn baby in the womb goes through the stages of evolution of the human species - but this theory is now discredited.
		Rushkoff's media analysis is fascinating and his view of modern technology is gripping, but in the end his central idea fails because it does not match up to reality.
	www.facingthechallenge.org /rushkoff.htm (1454 words)

	Douglas Rushkoff
		Rushkoff is the author of eight best-selling books on new media and popular culture, including Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say, and the novels Ecstasy Club, and Exit Strategy.
		Rushkoff's award-winning Frontline documentary "The Merchants of Cool" was one of the most watched and most talked about documentaries of the year, and his interactive mini-series, Asylum, will be airing on the BBC next spring.
		Rushkoff is on the board of several new media non-profits and companies, and regularly consults on new media arts and ethics to museums, governments, and universities, as well as Sony, TCI, advertising agencies, and other Fortune 500 companies.
	www.cognitiveliberty.org /pressroom/douglas_rushkoff.htm (384 words)

	:: Douglas Rushkoff ::
		Rushkoff's first book explicitly for a business audience contends that American enterprise is at a crossroads.
		Rushkoff's "Playing the Future" not only proposed that video games, Japanimation, and the web would become central to kids' culture - the book contended that these represented cutlural advances, and an evolution in our young people's ability to interpret increasingly complex media forms.
		Now that most of these predictions have come to pass, this new edition offers more context for teachers, parents, as well as the young people living through these changes and looking to justify their favorite activities to those who can't understand them.
	www.rushkoff.com (285 words)

	JEWSWEEK - Nothing remotely sacred about it (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rushkoff expects his audience to be wowed by the idea that the Passover lamb sacrificed before the exodus was an attack against an Egyptian god -- the problem is that this interpretation has been in rabbinic commentaries pretty much for thousands of years.
		Rushkoff will read what we have written so far and claim that it reflects a too-youthful mindset, that we are too focused on facts and contradictions to deal with his larger argument; that has been his response to our critiques thus far.
		Rushkoff wants you to think that we're rejecting him based on antiquated arguments and old-time theories; the reality is that the Jewish tradition as we understand it passed him some time ago.
	www.jewsweek.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l585&enZone=Articles&enVersion=0& (2560 words)

	Royce Carlton - Douglas Rushkoff Social Critic Media Theorist
		Douglas Rushkoff is one of today’s most engaging and perceptive commentators on the impact of technology and media on society.
		Rushkoff received national acclaim as the correspondent for the PBS Frontline documentary, The Merchants of Cool, which examined corporate America’s massive, and sometimes subversive, efforts to capture the elusive teen market — and the $100 billion they spend each year.
		A professor of media culture at NYU, Rushkoff is also a board member of the MediaEcology Association and the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics.
	www.roycecarlton.com /speakers/rushkoff.html (521 words)

	Douglas Rushkoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Rushkoff refuses to mourn such Jews as religious failures, insisting that they alone understand that Judaism is an "iconoclastic" religion of open-ended inquiry that must continually smash sacred cows, all in the effort to reach new spiritual possibilities.
		Rushkoff might say (by which I mean he does say) that God, in Judaism, isn't meant to be worshipped, but Abraham, and every Jewish authority since, would certainly question that interpretation, and Rushkoff himself offers no evidence to the contrary.
		By "deconstructing" this passage thusly, Rushkoff is able to ignore the part of the story where God tells Avraham to send her to the wilderness, which would certainly complicate Rushkoff's story.
	www.lukeford.net /profiles/profiles/douglas_rushkoff.htm (2994 words)

	Bookreporter.com - NOTHING SACRED by Douglas Rushkoff
		Rushkoff asserts that, as Jewish communities bemoan the loss of Jews through assimilation and intermarriage, and as the religion is split into factions divided over levels of religious observance, Jews labeled as "lapsed" or "secular" are in reality the ones carrying on the tradition in its purest, healthiest form.
		Thus, Rushkoff proposes that the best and perhaps only path to the survival of Judaism, which feels itself to be in crisis in many ways, is a renaissance, where the central values are explored, internalized and appreciated above ritual in its variety of forms.
		Rushkoff therefore suggests what he calls "open-source" Judaism, which would operate similarly to open-source software; one would be free to take the ideas one needs, modify them in order to personalize them, and would then be encouraged to leave his or her own ideas, insights, and interpretations for others to explore.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews/0609610945.asp (715 words)

	frontline: merchants of cool: correspondent douglas rushkoff \| PBS
		For the past ten years, author and media critic Douglas Rushkoff has been studying and writing about the world in which today's teenagers are growing up--a world made of marketing.
		In this excerpt from his latest book, Rushkoff surveys the landscape of youth advertising--from the new styles and sophistication of its marketing, to the various,sometimes surprising, ways kids are reacting to it.
		Rushkoff's web site collects many of his articles and book excerpts, as well as some interviews with him.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/rushkoff (187 words)

	Zeek: A Conversation with Douglas Rushkoff
		Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media theorist and social critic who made his mark as a prophet of the early Internet.
		Judaism's core message, Rushkoff says, is in some sense post-religious; in contrast to cultic religions which give to the gods all responsibility for worldly affairs, Judaism gives that responsibility to human beings.
		Taking a cue from Rushkoff's own writing about the Internet and its possibilities for new forms of communication, the interview was conducted as a series of emails back and forth, with each participant commenting on the posts of the other.
	www.zeek.net /feature_0307.shtml (626 words)

	Douglas Rushkoff at GVSU
		The Art and Design Department at Grand Valley State University, in partnership with the College of Interdisciplinary Studies, the School of Communications and the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, is pleased to present a lecture by internationally respected author and media theorist, DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF.
		Rushkoff's lecture, entitled The Persuaders: Marketing and the Creation of the Citizen-Consumer, has been scheduled for October 12th, 7pm, at the Louis Armstrong Theatre on Grand Valley's Allendale campus.
		Douglas Rushkoff received critical acclaim for his 1999 PBS Frontline documentary, The Merchants of Cool, which examined corporate America's massive, sometimes subversive, efforts to capture the elusive teen market.
	faculty.gvsu.edu /wittenbp/rushkoff (231 words)

	G4 - Feature - Douglas Rushkoff's Open-Source Novel
		Douglas Rushkoff has one of those broadly critical minds that transcends typical academic and artistic boundaries.
		Rushkoff will be on "The Screen Savers" Wednesday, July 31, to talk about his latest remarkable project, an open-source novel called Exit Strategy.
		Douglas Rushkoff is a media theorist, cultural anthropologist, and the author of seven books on new media and popular culture.
	www.g4tv.com /screensavers/features/39197/Douglas_Rushkoffs_OpenSource_Novel.html (415 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Nothing Sacred, by Douglas Rushkoff, Hardcover, 1ST
		Rushkoff's timely and well-argued presentation deserves the attention of thoughtful Jews everywhere, although his distrust of established religion, views about Israel, and revisionist explications of traditional rituals such as Hanukkah and circumcision (to name just two) are sure to be controversial.
		Rushkoff suggests no less than letting go of the "chosen" notion altogether ("Judaism is an idea, not a race") and, with it, the fixation on Israel.
		Rushkoff being a 'good Jew' means being a good person, whether you worship in a synagogue or not.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0609610945&itm=14 (1109 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Douglas Rushkoff
		Rushkoff has served as an Adviser to the United Nations Commission on World Culture, is on the Board of Directors of the Media Ecology Association, and is a founding member of Technorealism.
		Douglas Rushkoff is a candidate for the most high-profile (and widely read) cyberculture analyst to emerge from the U.S. in the early 1990s.
		Rushkoff's new book "'Coercion: Why We Listen To What 'They' Say"(1999) is his uncompromising critical reply: a timely de-construction of media wars and manipulative tactics used by postmodern marketeers and e-commerce merchants.
	fusionanomaly.net /douglasrushkoff.html (1788 words)

	Hear 2.0: "How to Make Radio Relevant Again" - An Interview with media futurist Douglas Rushkoff
		Douglas Rushkoff is the author of eight best selling books on new media and popular culture, including Cyberia, Media Virus, and the latest, Get Back In the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out.
		Rushkoff is a thought leader who has been ahead of many curves in the world of technology and pop culture, and now he turns his sights to radio’s future.
		Rushkoff and I talked for 40 minutes, and only a tiny part of that discussion is transcribed here.
	www.hear2.com /2005/12/how_to_make_rad.html (2484 words)

	PopImage
		Douglas Rushkoff is a multiple award winning author, documentary producer, media theorist, professor, musician, columnist and many other thing far too numerous to list here.
		Douglas is a modern day new culture Renaissance man and it's always a pleasure to chat with him, read his works and hear him speak.
		Written by Rushkoff and featuring artwork by Liam Sharp, TESTAMENT features a near future America wherein Rushkoff examines the allegorical nature of their world to that of the Bible.
	www.popimage.com /content/testament2005.html (3673 words)

	frontwheeldrive.com: douglas rushkoff interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Media assassin/social theorist Douglas Rushkoff is as comfortable dissecting youth subculture as he is unveiling the evils of mainstream media.
		He is also a well of insight where the emerging issues of our near future are concerned as evidenced in his many non-fiction books.
		Douglas Rushkoff: Well, for one it's no longer my newest piece of non-fiction.
	frontwheeldrive.com /douglas_rushkoff.html (777 words)

	Green Galactic \| Douglas Rushkoff - Exit Strategy
		Rushkoff’s "open source" concept, originally developed by computer programmers to expand their work with peers, is a huge departure from traditional book publishing as well as the early attempts at online publishing.
		Douglas Rushkoff is the author of seven best-selling books on new media and popular culture, including Cyberia, Media Virus, Playing the Future, GenX Reader, Coercion, and the novel Ecstasy Club.
		Rushkoff’s writing can be read in numerous top publications; his monthly column on cyberculture, which is distributed through the New York Times Syndicate, appears in over thirty countries.
	www.greengalactic.com /rushkoff.html (836 words)

	Zeek: Reinventing the Wheel: Douglas Rushkoff's Nothing Sacred
		Rushkoff has marshaled his considerable talents to launch against mainstream American-Jewish culture a withering and largely accurate broadside, and to offer a compelling vision of how to go about Judaism's renewal.
		Rushkoff's critique of mainstream Judaism, the Judaism of countless Reform and Conservative "temples," JCCs, and Federations, is worthy of applause.
		Rushkoff writes like the suburban kid that I once was, who hates his hypocritical temple but doesn't know that there's a whole world beyond it.
	www.zeek.net /books_0307.shtml (722 words)

	RE: Douglas Rushkoff vs. "Market Fascism"
		Douglas Rushkoff has stumbled upon the answer that the American Left has been trying to find for years: market capitalism is destroying the world and only far right religious extremism will bail it out.
		Like a lot of the worst articles and books ever written, Rushkoff invokes memories of an idyllic past where he lived in "modest neighborhood" where everyone "shared one barbecue pit at the end of the block." Everyone would get together once a week for a neighborhood cook out, and everything was fine with the world.
		It is a bit odd for Rushkoff to imply that the market interferes with religious expressions such as the Sabbath since the United States is among the most religious of the Western industrialized countries and large numbers of people still practice keeping the Sabbath holy.
	www.leftwatch.com /1158 (691 words)

	JIME: Book Review: "Playing the Future" (Rushkoff)
		Rushkoff elaborates on this theme throughout the book, looking at a broad selection of icons from youth culture (at least youth culture as of 1996) and finding things to admire.
		Rushkoff's book is strongest in passages like these, where he pauses to watch, carefully, what it is that kids are doing and seeing.
		Effectively, just about anything that kids might conceivably do could meet with Rushkoff's approval, as long as it was demonstrably popular; and conversely, just about anything that kids don't do (or used to do, but don't anymore) must be an instance of outmoded, linear thinking.
	www-jime.open.ac.uk /book-reviews/rushkoff.html (1483 words)

	Ecstasy Club
		Douglas Rushkoff probably needs no introduction, if you follow Generation X literature at all.
		Rushkoff is trying to do on purpose what Charles Reich did inadvertently in “The Greening of America” (1970), that is, to articulate and to close a whole countercultural era simultaneously.
		Even the idea of a climactic reconciliation between the forces of good and evil has a subcultural precedent in the eschatology of the Process Church of the Final Judgment, a group that is alleged, not very convincingly, to have influenced some of the last quarter-century’s better-known serial killers.
	pages.prodigy.net /aesir/tec.htm (1853 words)

	Amazon.com: Playing the Future: What We Can Learn from Digital Kids: Books: Douglas Rushkoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Douglas R. illustrates a cultural transition that moves from linearity to chaos, from duality to holism, from mechanism to animism, from gravity to consensual, from metaphor to recapitulation, and from God to nature, all through the lenses of role-playing games, comic books, 3-d animation, and computer games.
		Rushkoff is a very talented writer being able to string together long and complex sentances that connect many different ideas in a relatively short space.
		Rushkoff deftly analyzes the existance in which young adults are operating and creating as part of a bigger, brighter reality.
	www.amazon.com /Playing-Future-What-Learn-Digital/dp/1573227641 (2995 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Get Back in the Box, by Douglas Rushkoff, Hardcover
		Rushkoff backs up his arguments with a myriad of intriguing historical examples as well as familiar gut checks -- from the dumbwaiter and open source to Volkswagen and The Gap -- in this accessible, thought-provoking, and immediately applicable set of insights.
		Rushkoff's premise is solid, and he supports it with several convincing examples (Craig's List, XM radio and Saturn among them).
		Rushkoff sums up all the best things about the companies I like and identify with and nails the things I hate about the others.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0060758694&itm=5 (747 words)

	Douglas Rushkoff, Anvil Salesman
		Another instance in which Rushkoff overstates his case is when he argues that email spam, banner ads on the web, and consumer profiling all reflect a coercive system.
		Rushkoff views the high value of today’s stock market as an example of a pyramid.
		This smacks of the phenomenon Rushkoff is describing: people at the top of the pyramid exhorting those lower down to substitute faith for reason.
	www.arnoldkling.com /~arnoldsk/aimst2/aimst222.html (1404 words)

	Douglas Rushkoff new book: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
		On a landscape that seems to be transforming itself with every new technology, marketing tactic, or investment strategy, businesses rush to embrace change by trading in their competencies or shifting their focus, altogether.
		To Douglas Rushkoff, this disconnect is not only predictable, but welcome.
		In a business world bankrupted by its own obsession with short-term efficiencies and superficial change, this passionate call for a fearless return to core competencies is as refreshing as it is relevant.
	itp.tisch.nyu.edu /object/itp_news_rushkoffbook.html (768 words)

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