Submitted: March 27, 2012 - 9:59pm
Originally published: March 27, 2012
Last updated: April 5, 2012 - 5:37am
Originally published: March 27, 2012
Last updated: April 5, 2012 - 5:37am
Source:
Reuters
Author:
Patricia Reaney
Most of the world is interconnected thanks to email and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, according to a new poll. Eighty five percent of people around the globe who are connected online send and receive emails and 62 percent communicate through social networking sites, particularly in Indonesia, Argentina and Russia, which have the highest percentage of users. More than eight in 10 Indonesians and about 75 percent of people in Argentina, Russia and South Africa visit social media sites, the new Ipsos/Reuters poll showed.
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