"balkanization" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1988 October 14, Michael Miner, “Local Paper Does Good; Quayle Watching”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "TV is the mass medium now, and balkanization has hit the newspaper industry.",
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        "Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization"
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  "word": "balkanization"
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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 October 14, Michael Miner, “Local Paper Does Good; Quayle Watching”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "TV is the mass medium now, and balkanization has hit the newspaper industry.",
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