[Air-L] nerd culture and new media

[C.J. Pascoe]

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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