proxicommunication
n.— «Last year Will Davies, one of the UK’s most important thinkers on the social and societal impact of new technology, coined the phrase “proxicommunication” to describe what happens when e-mail, chat and the web are used to promote local communications and local action.» —“Has the e-election finally arrived?” by Bill Thompson BBC News Apr. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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