| Sumario: | The article summarizes the impact of the two waves of turbulence, the rise of the Internet and political turmoil, on U.S. culture, politics and education. It discusses the Internet's deficiency of the filters of the print era, the inconsistencies of social media of factual accuracy and nuanced interpretation, the echo-chamber effect of social media as well as its incivility, role in the decline of public contentment and in eroding the concept of truth. It explores the influence of digital communications on the polarization Democrats and Republicans and intensification of partisanship as demonstrated by events including the contested presidential election of 2000 and the differing attitudes of Democrats and Republicans toward national institutions.
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