TY - Report AU - Andrew Kohut PY - 2012 T1 - Social networking popular across globe PB - Pew Research Center DO - https://doi.org/APO-32343 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/32343 AB -   Social networking has spread around the world with remarkable speed. This survey looks at the varied uses of social media across the globe. In countries such as Britain, the United States, Russia, the Czech Republic and Spain, about half of all adults now use Facebook and similar websites. These sites are also popular in many lower-income nations, where, once people have access to the internet, they tend to use it for social networking.   ER -