This chapter examines the historical nature of civic engagement and social interactions in American society. Focus is placed on a shift that is demonstrated to have arisen from traditional and physical forms of engagement to digital forms of engagement. Data from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the World Values Survey (WVS) are drawn upon to analyze these topics. Results indicate that there have been declines in interpersonal trust and the frequency of social interactions that individuals have with friends, relatives, and neighbors. The percentage of Americans who believe most people can be trusted plummeted from 46.1% in 1972 to 10.2% in 2022. Similarly, frequencies of social interactions have declined as people spending evenings with friends several times a month have notably decreased over the last few decades. Meanwhile, only 11.8% of Americans feel very secure in their neighborhoods, which is a historic low. While digital-based media and internet communication have increased access to information, have expanded peoples’ digital social networks, and have provided new avenues for civic engagement, they concurrently have contributed to isolation and diminished community ties in the process.