Meanings
- uncountableBanishment or exclusion in a virtual environment such as the Internet.
Members often become very involved in such groups, and react negatively when they are denied membership in such groups (cyberostracism, see Chapter 3).
2009, Donelson R. Forsyth, Group Dynamics, page 4561 more example
However, while potentially damaging to the target's self-esteem and psychological well-being, there are arguably more harmful aspects of intentional antisocial behavior than cyberostracism.
2008, Elly Konijn, Mediated interpersonal communication, page 204
Origin
From cyber- + ostracism, coined by social psychologist Kipling Williams.
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