cyberbalkanization means balkanization of the Internet. It carries an Arena rating of 900, earned across 84 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, cyberbalkanization ranks #465 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #2,000 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #2,007 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #3,201 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words.
Why “cyberbalkanization” is a great word
CYBERBALKANIZATION — [Noun] The fragmentation of the internet or a networked community into isolated, ideologically homogeneous groups that limit exposure to differing viewpoints. From the prefix cyber- (relating to computers, information technology, or the internet) + Balkanization (the process of fragmentation or division into smaller, often hostile units, derived from the geopolitical division of the Balkan peninsula in the early 20th century). Coined in 1996 by Marshall Van Alstyne and Erik Brynjolfsson. Unlike globalization, which suggests integration and convergence, or serendipity, which requires beneficial chance, cyberbalkanization is the deliberate, algorithmic construction of digital silos. It is the echo chamber of a perfectly tailored newsfeed, the unseen wall around a political subforum, and the self-reinforcing murmur of a consensus that never meets dissent—a world where connection has perfected the art of isolation.
Etymology
From cyber- + Balkanization.
noun
- Balkanization of the Internet.e.g.“They found that degree of cyberbalkanization indeed relates to and temporally precedes opinion polarization as reflected in polls.” — 2018, Francis L. F. Lee, Joseph M. Chan, Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era: The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203:
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