Online and informed

The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project survey (PDF) finds that wired voters are going online to read up on opposing points of view:

At a time when political deliberation seems extremely partisan and when people may be tempted to ignore arguments at odds with their views, internet users are not insulating themselves in information echo chambers. Instead, they are exposed to more political arguments than non-users ... even those that challenge their preferred candidates and issue positions.

The report's abstract notes that this is important because "prominent commentators" had voiced concern that the Internet would be "harmful to democratic deliberation" by making it easier for people to tune out messages they didn't want to hear.