Douglas Thomas | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) |
Occupation | Associate professor |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Minnesota |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Communications |
Sub-discipline | Critical theory,Cultural studies |
Institutions | USC Annenberg School for Communication |
Notable works | Hacker Culture |
Notable ideas | Gamer disposition |
Douglas Thomas (born 1966) is an American scholar,researcher,and journalist. He is Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California where he studies technology,communication,and culture. He is author or editor of numerous books including Reading Nietzsche Rhetorically (Guilford,1998),Cybercrime:Security and Surveillance in the Information Age (with Brian Loader,Routledge,2000), Hacker Culture (University of Minnesota Press,2002),and Technological Visions:The Hopes and Fears that Shape New Technologies (with Marita Sturken and Sandra Ball-Rokeach). He has published numerous articles in academic journals and is the founding editor of Games and Culture:A Journal of Interactive Media .
In 1998 and 1999,he covered the case of Kevin Mitnick for Wired News . On July 24,2002,he testified before Congress on the topic of Cyber Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure Protection. [1]
His research has been funded by the Annenberg Center for Communication,the Richard Lounsbery Foundation,and the MacArthur Foundation and has focused on the relationship between virtual worlds and civic engagement and digital media and learning.
His 2008 article co-authored with John Seely Brown,"The Gamer Disposition",was named a Harvard Business Review Breakthrough Idea of 2008, [2] [3] [4] and also featured it on its Conversation Starter blog. [5]
Thomas co-authored A New Culture of Learning:Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change which was translated into Turkish. [6]
Walter Hubert Annenberg was an American businessman,investor,philanthropist,and diplomat. Annenberg owned and operated Triangle Publications,which included ownership of The Philadelphia Inquirer,TV Guide,the Daily Racing Form and Seventeen magazine. He was appointed by President Richard Nixon as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom,where he served from 1969 to 1974.
Martin Kaplan is an American professor and former studio executive and writer. He teaches at the USC Annenberg School for Communication &Journalism and is the founding director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of the impact of entertainment on society. His career has also spanned government and politics,the entertainment industry and journalism.
Henry Guy Jenkins III is an American media scholar and Provost Professor of Communication,Journalism,and Cinematic Arts,a joint professorship at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He also has a joint faculty appointment with the USC Rossier School of Education. Previously,Jenkins was the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities as well as co-founder and co-director of the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has also served on the technical advisory board at ZeniMax Media,parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks. In 2013,he was appointed to the board that selects the prestigious Peabody Award winners.
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