screenland

English

Etymology

screen +‎ -land

Noun

screenland (uncountable)

1. The industry of films and filmmaking.
   • 2009, E. J. Fleming, Paul Bern, page 53:

     Paul's arrival in Hollywood coincided with an increase in public awareness that all wasn't perfect in screenland. In Hollywood, most early-1920s problems were drug-related.

2. Cyberspace, as accessed through a computer screen.
   • 2000, Maureen Patricia Carroll, Whitecaps on the Keyboard, page 20:

     At times, different symbolic modes were intertwined. Labbo used the metaphor of "screenland" to describe the context of the children's actions with the computer. She identified three different stances: playing in screenland, art in screenland, and writing in screenland.

Synonyms

• (film industry): filmland, movieland