[p2p-research] The Internet Is Absolute Democracy - Be Very Afraid!

[Kevin Carson]

On 4/23/09, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> hmm ... the classic critique about the internet was its fragmentation and
> lack of unified public space,
>
> now they're saying everybody thinks the same on the internet?

The two critiques aren't necessarily contradictory; both could apply
to an Internet in which discussion is fragmented into ideological
communities, but each one turns into an "echo chamber" that doesn't
come into direct contact with ideas from other communities that they
disagree with.

-- 
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