Social networks act as political rallying sites: report

Worldwide, Daily news | | April 25, 2013 17:16

A Pew Research Center report indicated that online social networks have become political hotspots in the United States.

Approximately 39 percent of US adults engaged in political activity in Internet communities during the 2012 US presidential campaign, according to a Pew report titled Civic Engagement in the Digital Age released late Wednesday.

By comparison, only 26 percent of people in the United States used online social networks in any form or fashion during the prior presidential election in 2008, Pew reported.

“The typical American who is politically active engages with political content across a range of venues — online, offline, and in social networking spaces,” said Pew Internet Project researcher Aaron Smith, author of the report.

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