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spinternet

spinternet noun: the Internet (and digital technologies) as used to influence public opinion while giving an impression of grassroots mobilisation.

Noun

spinternet

  1. The Internet (and digital technologies) as used to influence public opinion while giving an impression of grassroots mobilisation.
    • […] the Spinternet — a Web with little censorship, but lots of spin and propaganda.2011, Evgeny Morozov, The Net Delusion, Public Affairs, page 117
    • March 29, 2009, Evgeny Morozov, "Propaganda.com" in New York Times
      In Iran, the Revolutionary Guards recently announced their ambition to build their own spinternet by launching 10,000 blogs for the Basij, a paramilitary force under the Guards.

Origin of spinternet

Blend of spin + Internet. The word was presumably coined by Evgeny Morozov in 2009.

Questions about spinternet

What does spinternet mean?
Spinternet means the Internet (and digital technologies) as used to influence public opinion while giving an impression of grassroots mobilisation.
What part of speech is spinternet?
Spinternet is a noun.

Words near spinternet in the dictionary

  1. spinstership
  2. spinstress
  3. spinstresses
  4. spinstry
  5. spint
  6. spinternet
  7. spintext
  8. spintexts
  9. spinthariscope
  10. spinthariscopes
  11. spinthariscopic

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