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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++