David Brooks, resident conservative of the New York Times, takes an interesting look at how the Internet may be affecting political discourse. Instead of leading to a “more ghettoized, polarized and insular electorate,” as many have suggested, Brooks points to a study that surmises the Internet may be responsible for a “free-wheeling multilayered Mad Max public square.”
Writes Brooks: “… if there is increased polarization (and there is), it’s probably not the Internet that’s causing it.”
