Geek and Hacker Stories Code, Culture and Storytelling from the Technosphere /

• Main Author: Alleyne, Brian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Cultural studies.; Culture.; Mass media.; Communication.; Cultural Studies.; Sociology of Culture.; Media Sociology.

Geeks, hackers and gamers share a common 'geek culture', whose members are defined and define themselves mainly in terms of technology and rationality. The members of geek culture produce and circulate stories to express who they are and to explain and justify what they do. Geek storytelli...