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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Social Media a Source of Rising Incivility


Social media has become a source of growing incivility and even ruined relationships, says a recently released survey conducted by a corporate training firm.

According to a survey by VitalSmarts, 19 percent of respondents have decreased their offline contact with someone because of something that person said on social media; 35 percent reported blocking, unsubscribing or "un-friending" someone because of an argument held on a social networking website.

Conducted by VitalSmarts, the survey sampled 2,698 individuals during the month of February with online questionnaires. The estimated margin of error is 2 percent. The findings were announced on Wednesday. Read more

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