New theory, old problem

• Autores: Lara Williams
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3123, 2017, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Williams remarks on the Internet as the prime facilitator of today's political polarization. The hermetic echo chambers of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, the idea goes, are increasing division and entrenchment of the sort seen in the Brexit and Trump campaigns. A working paper published by the US National Bureau of Economic Research found that polarization had increased most in the over-75s, those least likely to use the Internet. It seems the reductive "online echo chamber" maxim isn't that helpful; social media and the Internet is, at heart, participatory, requiring at least the veneer of a conversation.