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 & Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media.