postinternet

Etymology

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.

noun

  1. 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.”