Izvjesno je da je brza ekspanzija i popularizacija interneta, kao interakcijske i komunikacijske platforme, donijela brojne promjene u životu suvremenog čovjeka. Omogućio je da se besplatno i u rekordnom roku povežu i komuniciraju ljudi iz različitih dijelova svijeta. Mladi su se pokazali itekako snalažljivima i sposobnima u otkrivanju i korištenju raznovrsnih usluga koje internet pruža. Naime, kao skupina koja veliki dio svog vremena provodi surfajući internetom, posebno su zainteresirani za online način komunikacije; društvene mreže, e-poruke, online videoigre, forumi, chat sobe i slično. Budući da mladi brojne aspekte svog društvenog života premještaju s offline u online sferu, zanimalo nas je koji su njihovi stavovi i mišljenja o pronalasku partnera online, odnosno o online datingu. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da su mladi Splita aktivni na društvenim mrežama, posebice na Facebooku. No, s druge strane, pokazali su se suzdržanima kada govorimo o korištenju online dating usluga. Mladi nisu pokazali negativne stavove vezane za online dating općenito. Ipak, u praksi se odlučuju za konvencionalne metode pronalaska ljubavi.

For certain, the fast expansion of Internet, as an interaction and communication platform, has brought many changes in the life of contemporary man. It allowed people from all over the world to connect and communicate in record time and for free. Young people turned out to be very resourceful and capable of discovering and using all sorts of services that Internet has to offer. As a group that spends most of its time surfing the Internet, young people are especially interested in communicating online; social networks, e-messages, online video games, discussion boards, chat rooms and such. Since young people transfer many aspects of their social lives from offline to online sphere, we wanted to find out what their views and opinions on finding partners online (online dating) were. Results of the research have shown that young people of Split are very active on social networks, especially on Facebook. But, on the other hand, they seem to refrain from using the services of online dating. Young people turned out not to have negative attitudes toward online dating in general. However, they decide on more conventional methods of finding love in practice.