Cyberia

English Etymology From en cyber-, influenced by en Siberia. Pronunciation en ɪɹiə 4 Proper noun The connected virtual world that users can interact with by means of computer networks; cyberspace. en 1996 Peter Dickens Reconstructing nature: alienation, emancipation and the division of labour Developments in 'cyberia', the Internet and so on have both inspired and been interpreted by theories of postmodernity. en 1999 Thomas A. Peters Computerized monitoring and online privacy If cyberia is a threat to real governments, in the near future they may begin to use computerized monitoring as a way to better understand, control, and probably tax the behavior of netizens. en 2001 Hubert L. Dreyfus On the Internet We may lament the risks endemic to an embodied world where we are embedded with objects and others in local situations, but the idea of living in boundless Cyberia, where everyone is telepresent to everyone and everything, makes no sense. en 2002 Leo P. Chall Sociological abstracts, Volume 50, Issue 1 The article presents an idea of cyberia as a civil society & uses four categories to present challenges that this type of society brings to the idea of the public sphere: interactivity, subjectivity, media, & site.