More: http://www.economist.com/node/16943885


Quotes:

Economist - A cyber-house divided - Online as much as in the real world, people bunch together in mutually suspicious groups: Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: Democracies Online

• Economist - A cyber-house divided - Online as much as in the real world, people bunch together in mutually suspicious groups
  
  
  
• From: Steven Clift
  
  
  
• A generation of digital activists had hoped that the web would connect groups separated in the real world. The internet was supposed to transcend colour, social identity and national borders. But research suggests that the internet is not so radical. People are online what they are offline: divided, and slow to build bridges.
  
  
  
• How do we successfully build bridges online? This is something I'd like to discuss on the international Digital Inclusion Network: http://e-democracy.org/di
  
  
  

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