Compromised Quote by Noam Chomsky

It is time to stop debating whether the Internet is an effective tool for political expression and instead to address the much more urgent…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Whether it's the internet, radio, television, there are always areas of debate, but you have to accept it. The media now has become an…

— Tony Pulis

If the great thing about the Internet is that it throws wide the doors of discussion to everyone, the bad thing about the Internet…

— Howard Jacobson

TV and radio debates seem inflamed, with all that shouting, but real disagreement is always avoided; they conceal their lack of content.

— Claire Fox

“[The Internet] affects democracy... As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people…

— Lawrence Lessig

The Internet is a politically contested space.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities…

— Charlie Brooker

There is a line between scurrilous nonsense and serious discussion that laps over, especially in this day and age when you've got all this…

— Robert Dallek

Debate is the death of conversation.

— Emil Ludwig

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public…

— Dennis Hastert

Contrary to the utopian rhetoric of social media enthusiasts, the Internet often makes the jump from deliberation to participation even more difficult, thwarting collective…

— Evgeny Morozov

Simply put, the Internet undermines the ability of an institution to control its own narrative.

— Jamais Cascio