Hacker Politics and Publics.

The article focuses on the representations by the journalists in relation to geeks and hackers. It says that the computer hackers pertain to be skilled programmers, security researchers, and system administrators, while computer geeks are knowledgeable in digital media and skills such as video editi...

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Published in:Public Culture Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 511 - 517
Main Author: Coleman, Gabriela
Format: Article
Published: Duke University Press Fall2011
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