Douglas Thomas
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1966 –
Who is Douglas Thomas?
Douglas Thomas 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, Cybercrime: Security and Surveillance in the Information Age, Hacker Culture, and Technological Visions: The Hopes and Fears that Shape New Technologies. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and is the founding editor of Games & 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 of the topic of Cyber Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure Protection.
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.
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- Born
- 1966
- Profession
- Education
- University of Southern California
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on July 23, 2013
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