Sociotope
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A sociotope is a defined space that is uniform in its use values and social meanings. It can be described as the collective life world of a place, its use and meaning, in a specific culture or group of people.

The sociotope is defined in the real world where it is shaped by one or more languages, a multiplicity of lifestyles, trades, regulations and services connected to a specific place which can be local, national, regional or global.

The sociotope implies Information Integrity criteria and may be the target of content that does not meet those criteria, such as Misinformation, Conceptual Deception, Disinformation, Fake News, Propaganda and Satire. If such content invades the "mass and social media" of the sociotope, it must be fought: #FightingUntruthsOnline and UN Global Principles for Information Integrity - Next Steps, and it must certainly not be promoted by Social Media Algorithm or AI response to prompts.

The related concept in a Natural Order is Biotope and in a Techno Order it is a Technotope.

For the group of social actors, the sociotope typically includes a number of regimes.

In Wikipedia: Sociotope1.

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