The book Everybody Lies gets into actually looking at the data on this and comes to a different conclusion: https://www.wired.com/2017/05/maybe-internet-isnt-t

The book Everybody Lies gets into actually looking at the data on this and comes to a different conclusion: https://www.wired.com/2017/05/maybe-internet-isnt-tearing-us-apart/ https://www.wired.com/2017/05/maybe-internet-isnt-tearing-us... What data tell us: "In the United States, according to Gentzkow and Shapiro, the chances that two people visiting the same news site have different political views is about 45 percent. In other words, the internet is far closer to perfect desegregation than perfect segregation." and more: "PROBABILITY THAT SOMEONE YOU MEET HAS OPPOSING POLITICAL VIEWS On a News Website 45.2% Coworker 41.6% Offline Neighbor 40.3% Family Member 37% Friend 34.7%"