Online interactions have positive effects for real-life communities, including civic participation

A new post on Physorg.com describes the findings from a new study that shows online interactions have positive effects for real-life communities, including civic participation.

"If you think Facebook, Twitter and other Web sites that foster online communication and interaction are merely vapid echo chambers of self-promotion, think again, say two University of Illinois professors who study computer-mediated communication and the Internet." Read more.