Douglas Rushkoff » kids/screenagers http://rushkoff.com Technology, Media, and Popular Culture Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:10:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Rushkoff on PBS Frontline Tuesday http://rushkoff.com/2009/04/13/rushkoff-on-pbs-frontline-tuesday/ http://rushkoff.com/2009/04/13/rushkoff-on-pbs-frontline-tuesday/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:25:03 +0000 Douglas http://rushkoff.com/?p=2559 digworldcastFrom PBS:

The Most Wired Place On Earth
Tuesday, April 14
PBS-FRONTLINE/World
9 PM EDT
(check local listings or watch online HERE )

Professional video gamers, “netiquette” for five-year-olds and a rehab camp for Internet-addicted teens: it’s all part of the digital landscape in South Korea. Correspondent Douglas Rushkoff takes a look at this highly wired society tomorrow night as the second segment on PBS’s FRONTLINE/World .

The footage is from our recent trip to South Korea, and it’s part of a larger project we’re producing for FRONTLINE, called Digital Nation

We’re going to be investigating life in the digital age through our website over the upcoming months, and it will culminate in a FRONTLINE documentary broadcast early next year.

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Also, for people in NYC this week, my friend Propaganda Anonymous is hosting a panel about the spiritual origins of HipHop. He has been working on this one a long time, and has gathered quite an interesting assortment of people.

Thursday April 16th, Prop Anon and Reality Sandwich present: INFINITY BLESSINGS, a panel event exploring the spiritual and philosophical foundations of hip-hop culture.
Speakers inlcude: Allah B from the Nations of the Gods and Earth’s; Brother Shep from the original Black Panther Party and the Universal Zulu Nation; Dr. Shaka Zulu from the Universal Zulu Nation; Lawyer and Activist, King Downing;Why-G from the Optimus Foundation; and Propaganda Anonymous.
Thursday April 16th, (doors 6pm, talk 7 to 10pm
The Player’s Theater
115 Macdougal St (btw. Bleeker and W. 3rd)
$10
After party at Sutra Lounge, 11pm to 4am
1st and Houston
Free!

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Here’s three short pieces, starting with a fun one on Korean pro-gamers.

Also up there right now is this real-life footage we shot of South Korean children learning the Nettiquette song!

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I offer it as a compelling argument against anyone who thinks GenX didn’t really exist. I hadn’t really thought about GenX myself since, gosh, maybe ten years ago. I even put together an anthology back when, attempting to correct all the false impressions about what GenX might or could be. But then gave up on trying and just dedicated to doing.

Over the past ten years, GenX has accomplished a whole lot. And, as Jeff argues, a lot more quietly and with less of a need for “credit” than both their predecessors and those who followed afterwards.

At a moment when a quiet buster is running for president against a loud boomer, this explanation of GenX is particularly relevant – and, I hope, useful.

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