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.