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Civic Engagement

The many activities you can participate in to make your community a better place to live, plus related Whittemore Library resources.

Social Media and Civic Engagement

The use of social media is becoming a feature of political and civic engagement for many Americans. Some 60% of American adults use either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter and a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users—or 39% of all American adults—have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media.

Rainie, L. (2012, October 19). Social Media and Political Engagement. Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2012/10/19/social-media-and-political-engagement/