cyberghetto
cyberghetto noun: the equivalent of a ghetto in cyberspace; a place on the Internet etc. where a social group is marginalized.
Noun
cyberghetto (plural cyberghettos)
- The equivalent of a ghetto in cyberspace; a place on the Internet etc. where a social group is marginalized.
- But critics argue that the potential for a cyberghetto is real because the Internet will retain vestiges of traditional communities with similar hierarchical social linkages and class-structural relationships.1998, Bosah L. Ebo, Cyberghetto or Cybertopia?: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet
- Neither an isolated “cyberghetto” where all interests are monolithically shared, nor a democratic “cybercommunity” based on an ethic of reciprocity, virtual Raider Nation is an anarchic free-for-all where the lack of physical proximity changes the rules.2011, Jim Miller, Kelly Mayhew, Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire, page 96
Forms of cyberghetto
| plural | cyberghettos |
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Origin of cyberghetto
From cyber- + ghetto, coined by Bosah Ebo in the paper Cyberghetto or Cybertopia?: Race, Class, and Gender on the Internet (1998).
Questions about cyberghetto
- What does cyberghetto mean?
- Cyberghetto means the equivalent of a ghetto in cyberspace; a place on the Internet etc. where a social group is marginalized.
- What part of speech is cyberghetto?
- Cyberghetto is a noun.
- What is the plural of cyberghetto?
- The plural of cyberghetto is cyberghettos.
Words near cyberghetto in the dictionary
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