Pew: Americans going online to engage locally
In the twelve months preceding the survey:
• 46 percent of Americans talked face to face with neighbors about community issues
• 21 percent discussed community issues over the telephone
• 11 percent read a blog dealing with community issues
• 9 percent exchanged e-mails with neighbors about community issues, and 5 percent say they belong to a community e-mail listserv
• 4 percent communicated with neighbors by text messaging on cell phones
• 4 percent joined a social network site group connected to community issues
• 2 percent followed neighbors using Twitter
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