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postinternet

postinternet noun: society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet, especially in arts and criticism.

Noun

postinternet (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) Society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet, especially in arts and criticism.
    • The term that’s being used is Post-Internet Art — not “post” in the sense that the internet is over, but that it’s ubiquitous. In the post-internet era, the internet is simply assumed.2016 October 21, Frank Rose, “The Mission to Save Vanishing Internet Art”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of postinternet

alternative formpost-internet
alternative formpost-Internet

Origin of postinternet

From post- + internet. As specific term to describe artistic activity from mid-2000s, later popularized by Gene McHugh in a blog and book of the same name.

Questions about postinternet

What does postinternet mean?
Postinternet means society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet, especially in arts and criticism.
What part of speech is postinternet?
Postinternet is a noun.

Words near postinternet in the dictionary

  1. postinsular
  2. postintegration
  3. postintegrational
  4. postintegrative
  5. postinternalization
  6. postinternet
  7. postintervention
  8. postinterventional
  9. postinterventionally
  10. postinterview
  11. postintestinal

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