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CONCEPT

Internet Culture

Internet culture is the set of social forms, aesthetics, protocols, communities, memes, archives and practices that emerge through networked communication.

Internet culture connects network protocols, web publishing, platform communities, memes, archives, open source, digital folklore and public knowledge systems.

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EDITORIAL FRAME

What this entry establishes.

A concise view of its scope, position, limitations and supporting sources.

Scope

Defined scope

  1. Network culture
  2. Memes
  3. Platforms
  4. Web archives
  5. Communities

Position

Editorial position

  1. Internet culture depends on technical protocols and social interpretation at the same time.
  2. Durable study of internet culture requires preservation of context, not only screenshots or metrics.

Limits

Explicit limits

  1. Offline cultural forms with no networked circulation or mediation
  2. Platform marketing analysis without cultural or technical context

Topics

Tags and disciplines

Internet CultureNetwork CultureMemesArchivesHistory of Technology

Sources

References behind this page

  1. ActivityPub W3C / 2018-01-23

Definition

Internet culture is culture shaped by networked communication. It includes communities, aesthetics, rituals, jokes, archives, protocols and platform behaviors.

Scope

The concept includes memes, forums, social protocols, federated networks, digital folklore, web archives, open-source communities and platform-native genres.

Applications

Electronic Artefacts can use internet culture as a bridge between technical systems and cultural memory.

Limitations

Internet culture changes quickly. Durable analysis should focus on patterns, infrastructures and archival traces rather than short-lived trends alone.

References

See ActivityPub, open source, hypertext and digital preservation.

DOCUMENTED RELATIONSHIPS

Connected work and ideas.

Each link names the relationship between two entries and why it matters.

knowledge

Cites

ActivityPub

Internet Culture cites ActivityPub as a standardized reference for federated social-web infrastructure.

structure

Member of collection

Knowledge Hub Second Wave

Internet Culture is an explicit member of the Knowledge Hub Second Wave collection.

Record details Metadata, sharing and citation

Reference

Cite this page

Internet Culture. 1.0.0. Electronic Artefacts, 2026-06-24. https://electronicartefacts.com/knowledge/concepts/internet-culture/

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Nearby relationships

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