spinternet

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noun

The Internet (and digital technologies) as used to influence public opinion while giving an impression of grassroots mobilisation.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The Internet (and digital technologies) as used to influence public opinion while giving an impression of grassroots mobilisation.

    March 29, 2009, Evgeny Morozov, "Propaganda.com" in New York Times In Iran, the Revolutionary Guards recently announced their ambition to build their own spinternet by launching 10,000 blogs for the Basij, a paramilitary force under the Guards.

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    […] the Spinternet — a Web with little censorship, but lots of spin and propaganda.

    2011, Evgeny Morozov, The Net Delusion, Public Affairs, page 117

Origin

Blend of spin + Internet. The word was presumably coined by Evgeny Morozov in 2009.

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APA

spinternet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinternet

MLA

“spinternet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinternet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinternet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinternet.

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