相对于传统的物质世界,网络社会是一个全新的、数字化的社会。当代中国青年的政治参与在这两个社会形态中,呈现出消极冷漠和积极主动两种截然不同的态势。对青年政治参与的两极现象我们应该有客观的、清醒的、辨证的认识,以引导青年追求适度的、与政治制度水平相适应的政治参与,这不仅取决于青年政治参与能力的提高,也有赖于政治体制的发展。 Compared with the traditional material world, cyber society is a brand new and digital society. Political Participation of Contemporary Chinese Youth In these two social formations, they present two completely different situations: negative indifference and active initiative. We should have an objective, clear and dialectical understanding of the bipolar phenomena in youth political participation in order to guide youths in their pursuit of moderate political participation appropriate to the level of the political system, which depends not only on the improvement of young people’s political participation but also on Development of the political system.