[Air-l] Internet Users More Tolerant?

[LivingInternet]

I think Internet users become particularly aware of the importance of 
freedom of speech, which leads to a respect, or at least tolerance, for the 
voicing of a variety of views.
See http://livinginternet.com/i/ip_speech.htm

Cheers,
Bill

At 12:13 PM 6/18/01 -0400, you wrote:
>The Chronicle of Higher Education reports a study by John Robinson that
>suggests Internet users are more tolerant of diverse viewpoints. (Chronicle
>article link below.)
>
>I find this study and its conclusions to be very curious. Why are people who
>use the Internet more than 10 hours a week more likely to be tolerant of
>diversity than those who are not online? Is tolerance related to some larger
>psychological trait? Is there something about this technology that tolerant
>people are drawn to use it? Is there some demographic factor not accounted
>for in their analysis that would make the finding disappear?
>
>The write-up of the actual study is:
>http://www.webuse.umd.edu/webshop/resources/Diversity%20DivideWP-Alan.pdf
>
>~Jenny Stromer-Galley
>Annenberg School for Communication
>University of Pennsylvania
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
>
> From the Chronicle of Higher Education:
>A Study Finds That Web Users Are More Tolerant Than Non-Users
>By JEFFREY R. YOUNG
>
>
>Internet users are more tolerant of diverse viewpoints than those who do not
>venture into cyberspace, according to data from an extensive survey of
>American public opinion.
>
>The information was collected as part of the 2000 General Social Survey. The
>survey, which is commonly used by social scientists, has been conducted
>every one or two years since 1974 by the University of Chicago's National
>Opinion Research Center.
>
>More: http://chronicle.com/free/2001/06/2001061501t.htm
>
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