A REVIEW ABOUT THE STEREOTYPICAL NATURE OF

GEEKS.

Geek Culture

Term “Geek”

A decade ago – harassment

Current trend – “mostly” complimentary

But how did this shift happen, especially,

between these two extremities?

Primary Reasons

Technology advancement

Education

Geek Stereotypes

Vs.

Internet hasn't changed completely

Google’s web search – follows current trend

Google’s image search – follows past trend

IT females' innovative movement

IT Screen Goddesses Calendar.

Promote organizations and companies involved in

and supporting IT, through sponsorship/promotional

opportunities on each page of the calendar.

Smash through the perception of the geeky

technologist.

Example

Solution?

Bold movementsOr

Hide geeky nature from the society

https://people.sunyit.edu/~sathiaa/GeekyReview.html