Media Virus!: Hidden Agendas in Popular Culture

Author:   Douglas Rushkoff
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Edition:   Revised edition
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9780345397744


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   06 February 1996
Format:   Paperback
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The most virulent viruses today are composed of information. In this information-driven age, the easiest way to manipulate the culture is through the media. A hip and caustically humorous McLuhan for the '90s, culture watcher Douglas Rushkoff now offers a fascinating expose of media manipulation in today's age of instant information.

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Author:   Douglas Rushkoff
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Ballantine Books Inc.
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 20.60cm
Weight:   0.329kg
ISBN:  

9780345397744


ISBN 10:   0345397746
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   06 February 1996
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Douglas Rushkoff is a widely known media critic and documentarian. He has written ten books, and his documentaries include Frontline’s award-winning “The Merchants of Cool” and “The Persuaders.” He teaches media studies at the New School, hosts The Media Squat on radio station WFMU, and serves on the board of directors of the Media Ecology Association, the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education. He has won the Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology and was the first winner of the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity.

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