Cyberghetto

Quick meaning: Cyberghetto is a noun meaning The equivalent of a ghetto in cyberspace; a place on the Internet etc. where a social group is marginalized.

Meaning

The equivalent of a ghetto in cyberspace; a place on the Internet etc. where a social group is marginalized.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• cyberghettos

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cybergroup, cybertown, cybergangster, cybergang, cybercloset, cyberterritory.

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