A Quinnipiac University poll asked U.S. registered voters to select one of four options to blame for the divisions in the country. Overall, 35 percent blamed social media, 32 percent blamed political leaders, 28 percent blamed cable news channels and only 1 percent blamed other countries.
Well I remember when being antivax was a meme around 2008.
And social media existed then! In fact, the antivax stuff pretty much lines up directly with the creation of social media.