State Department Launches New Discussion Site

The State Department Monday launched a new Web site aimed at fostering global conversations about foreign policy issues. The new "Opinion Space" site uses "new data visualization models" and analysis to map out where participants' points of view fall on a visual opinion map. The map is based on the similarity of users' opinions and not on where they live. "Those who agree on basic issues are neighbors, and those who are far apart have agreed to disagree," according to the site.