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Why the Web Will Win the Culture Wars for the Left: Deconstructing Hyperlinks
"Like reading or breathing, web browsing itself is agnostic with respect to politics and culture. Unlike reading or breathing, however, surfing mimics a postmodern, deconstructionist perspective by undermining the authority of texts. Anyone who has spent a lot of time online, particularly the very young, will find themselves thinking about content -- articles, texts, pictures -- in ways that would be familiar to any deconstructionist critic."

(via Plastic Thinking)

[Addendum: Superkeen members of the viewing audience may also wish to read a response to the above-noted paper.]