Political Differences Don’t Drive Wedge Between Most Social Networkers

Only 18% of social network users say they have taken some kind of step to ignore or disconnect from someone whose political views are different than theirs, per the results [pdf] of a Pew Internet & American Life Project survey released in March 2012. This is despite the finding that among users whose friends post political content, only one-quarter always or mostly agree with their friends’ political postings, while 73% say they only sometimes agree or never agree with them. (more…)