cyberculture

American

[sahy-ber-kuhl-cher] / ˈsaɪ bərˌkʌl tʃər /

Or cyber culture

noun

a unique set of habits, values, and other elements of culture that have evolved from the use of computers and the internet.

Etymology

Origin of cyberculture

First recorded in 1960–65; cyber- + culture

Example Sentences

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But does an insubordinate counterculture still drive innovation in today’s cyberculture?

From Forbes • Nov. 21, 2013

Peter Ludlow, a philosophy professor at Northwestern University who has written extensively about cyberculture, says two disparate ideas have been linked in recent years.

From Time • Jun. 13, 2013

The Well, another Californian community, was the result of the marriage between hippies and hackers, counterculture and cyberculture.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2011

A new cyberculture developed, and Kid A was its totem.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2010

The computer press went logically online as well, including the monthly Wired, created in 1992 in California to cover cyberculture as "the magazine of the future at the avant-garde of the 21st century".

From Booknology: The eBook (1971-2010) by Lebert, Marie

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