Response to Boyd and Bennett

There is a palpable difference between Boyd and Bennett's opinions; though Bennett feels that the current generation of "Actualizing Citizens" uses Internet technology to form (in his words) "loose networks of community action", Boyd feels this is a misunderstanding, and that "embarrassing videos and body fluid jokes fare much better than serious critiques of power". The two do agree, however, that technology has affected today's society; the way in which it has affected society, then, is where they part ways.

Personally, I'm surprised both essays are supposed to be in the same book; aren't essay anthologies supposed to inform the reader, instead of confusing him?