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

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

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.