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 ___________________________________________ C.J. Pascoe, Ph.D. Institute for the Study of Social Change University of California, Berkeley Phone: 510-643-4227 Web: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~cjpascoe Book: http://ucpress.edu/books/pages/10671.html Digital Youth: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu 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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