FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Internet is Underrated: A Note on Activism, Populism and Polarization at the End of the ‘Aughts

by on 29/12/09 at 5:20 pm

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Internet is Underrated: A Note on Activism, Populism and Polarization at the End of the ‘Aughts

Really interesting analysis of the power of the Internet by the really interesting (and usually spot on political analyst) Nate Silver:

“Let me advance a proposition for you. It’s going to be a controversial one. Ready?

The proposition is this: the Internet is really important!

OK, so I’m joking — sort of. That tagline sounds so … 2006. But I think people may nevertheless be overlooking the importance of the Internet in shaping the political landscape that we have today. In other words, a lot of the things that feel “new” about politics circa 2009 are in fact new, but have a lot more to do with information technology than is generally acknowledged.”

via FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Internet is Underrated: A Note on Activism, Populism and Polarization at the End of the ‘Aughts.

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