A survey shows that currently many young people are keen on communication through microblogging or other platforms on the Internet, rather than have face-to-face contact, China Youth Daily reported.

According to the online survey conducted by Social Survey Center affiliated to China Youth Daily, 84.6% of the 1721 participants held that right now Chinese youth lacks "real-world" communication.

Specifically, those young people chat smoothly online, whereas they have little contact in the real world. They often pick up cell phones to send messages or browse microblogs when communicating with others; some even fear eye contact when talking with others.

26.8% of the respondents were born in the 1970s; 40.3% in the 1980s and 20.9% in the 1990s.

74.8% of the participants believed that only through real-world communication can people truly understand each other and themselves.

(China.org.cn March 12, 2012)

據《中國青年報》報道，調查顯示，如今許多年輕人熱衷通過微博等網絡方式與人交流，缺乏面對面真實溝通。

該報社會調查中心對1721人進行在線調查顯示，84.6%的受訪者感覺當下青年缺乏真實溝通。

具體表現為：線上溝通順暢，線下真實溝通次數匱乏；與人溝通時，常常拿出手機，發短信，看微博；與人溝通時，害怕眼神交流等。

受訪者中，70后占26.8%，80后占40.3%，90后占20.9%。

其中，74.8%的受訪者認為只有通過真實溝通，才能真正理解他人并認識自我。