Hearing the Other Side Quotes

“When those of dissimilar views interact, conformity pressures are argued to encourage those holding minority viewpoints to adopt the prevailing attitude. When those of like mind come together, the feared outcome is polarization: that is, people within homogeneous networks may be reinforced so that they hold the same viewpoints, only more strongly.”
― Diana C. Mutz, Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative versus Participatory Democracy