[Air-L] nerd culture and new media

[Fred Stutzman]

To the Best of Our Knowledge had a great show on nerds - 5/25/2008, podcast 
here: http://www.wpr.org/BOOK/08book2.html#may

If I recall correctly, one of the interviewees had recently completed a 
book on nerd culture - Benjamin Nugent.

A very worthwhile listen (sub to the podcast, ttbook is a gem).




On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, C.J. Pascoe wrote:

> Hi Sarita,
>
> You might want to check out Jason Tocci's blog, Geek Studies at 
> http://www.geekstudies.org/ .
>
> He's a grad student at Penn studying geek/nerd culture.  He might also be 
> able to point you to more resources.
>
> Hope that helps!
> CJ
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> On Jun 16, 2008, at 8:35 AM, Sarita Yardi wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of any recent research about how new media relates to
>> nerd culture stereotypes? There are a large number of very recent
>> books and news articles about this topic, and some claim that being
>> nerdy is going mainstream. Presumably they mean it's not necessarily
>> defined by computers and A/V and pocket protectors anymore, but video
>> games and MMORPG's and MySpacers and other activities that may break
>> the traditional white male nerd stereotype. Computer science is still
>> as nerdy as ever, a perceived by kids, but do we know if new media
>> studies or cultural studies indicates different trends in other areas?
>> Speculation welcome, even if you don't know of any research being done on 
>> it.
>> 
>> Thanks very much,
>> Sarita
>> 
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