The public square of information and the Internet

This is a great column from the New York Times' David Brooks. It deals with exactly what we've been talking about in class. Brooks even refers to "The Daily We." He quotes from a study that finds that the Internet isn't sending people into information "ghettos" but exactly the opposite. That does not mean people are going to sites with an open mind, that can't be measured, but it does go against the assumption that Internet users will only go to sites that agree with their political ideology. The study from the University of Chicago found that people who visited highly partisan sites were MORE likely to visit websites that conflicted with their views. Essentially, polarization isn't the Internet's fault.