一直以來，人類存在著對人際互動與情感交流的需求。我們渴望與他人接觸，這是一種社會性的需求，人類透過與他人的交往互動，才可以獲得情感上的滿足。二十一世紀網際網路普及化為人與人之間日漸冷漠疏離的互動找到一個全新的契機。使用者透過線上互動的方式，尋找新的友誼和愛情，滿足人們對於人際關係的渴求。而透過網路上網交友、談戀愛的人也越來越多，網際網路增加了愛情可能性。而生活在網路與科技充斥的Ｎ世代對網路交友以及戀愛是不陌生的，而他們也多半願意嘗試或是使用。而使用網路認識對象並沒有影響其愛情觀與婚姻觀。他們不會因為使用了網路就變得速食愛情或是不想結婚。他們對婚姻的渴望依舊是有的，而網路只不過是提供了他們一個快速又無國界的管道，可以認識更多的人，所以網路對他們來說沒有正面與負面，純粹是一個管道而已。 而比起在虛擬中拓展交友圈，他們依然渴望現實中的接觸，並沒有因此迷失在網路中而與現實脫節，對他們來說，現實中的人際互動還是比較真實與扎實的。本研究最後對訪談的資料加以分析建構出交友使用者對之的看法，並建構出數位原生世代在網路交友與網路愛情可能的四個未來情節，分別是「假象的未來」、「虛幻的未來」、「分享的未來」和「渴望的未來」，可以作為後續相關研究之參考。 We as human beings seem to have the needs of interpersonal and emotional communication along the process of societal development. Through interpersonal contacts with others, we fulfill our desire of a stable relationship. However, with the emergence of internet era and its interplay with the post-industrial society may have caused a new phenomenon of social alienation among the successor generations, the so-called Net generation. This research aims at exploring how and what types of relationship may have been established through the internet in order to satisfy the Net generation’s thirst of interpersonal contacts. Furthermore, based on the major findings, this study will draw possible scenarios on alternative paths of finding love and marriage partners. Unlike their parents, the Net generation has a much open view on virtual relationship and relatively they do trust the internet as a tool of finding new contacts. Besides, new relationships on the internet do not affect their values toward love and marriage. They will still long for marriage and internet is nothing more than creating a fast and boundless path to meet people in various life spheres. The internet could provide an alternative way to eventually help them finding their soul mates. Moreover, using internet does not affect their behavior of interacting with people in “real world”. For them, the social interaction in reality is more real and true and the friendship will remain longer. Finally, for the coming digital native generation, the research depicts four possible scenarios as “illusive future,” “fantasy future” “sharing future,” and “desired future.”
