people interact with each other at an ever swifter pace, horizontal power structures replace vertical ones, and violence escalates. With the advent of the Internet, a share of violence seems to have shifted, intriguingly, from direct to indirect interaction. Ranting, raving, and threatening gestures have escalated in the blogosphere. Meanwhile, cultural closure has taken on a new form called cyberbalkanization. In other words, individuals interact frequently and almost exclusively with people like themselves. See also Dynamic density One-third hypothesis Socionics References Sociological terminology