postinternet

Meaning

Noun

• Society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet, especially in arts and criticism.

Origin

• post- + internet. As specific term to describe artistic activity from mid-2000s,{{cite-web
• |lang=en
• |work=Rhizome
• |author=Michael Connor
• |date=2013-11-01
• |title=What's Postinternet Got to do with Net Art?
• |url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/nov/1/postinternet/
• |passage=The reference normally given for the first use of the term postinternet is a 2008 interview, but Olson remembers using it as part of a 2006 panel organized by Rhizome.
• later popularized by Gene McHugh in a blog and book of the same name.{{cite-book
• |author=Gene McHugh
• |title=Post Internet: Notes on the Internet and Art
• |year=2011
• |isbn=9781447803898