Mostyoungadultsnowchoosetoendrelationshipsviatext,followedcloselybysocialmedia.Gonearethedaysofgivingsomeonethecourtesyofface-to-facechat—mostbreakupsarenowconducteddigitally.Accordingtoasurvey,morethanhalf(56percent)ofthosewhowentthroughabreakuplastyearendedtheirrelationshipbymeansoftechnology.Manysaidtheychosetechnologyasitmadetheprocess“lessawkward,”revealednewreport.Morethanhalfofthosewhowentthroughabreakuplastyearendedtheirrelationshipdigitally,eitherthroughtextmessage,socialmedia,ore-mail.Themajoritywhoendedtheirrelationshipviatextmessageexplainedthatitmadetheprocess“lessawkward”.58percentofthosewhobrokeupthroughe-mailclaimedtheyhadchosenthatmethodasitallowedthemto“fullyexplaintheirreasons.”Whenaskediftheywouldbeannoyediftheyweredumpeddigitally,aboutthreequarterssaid“yes”.“Thedigitalworldhaswellandtrulytakenover,evenwhenitcomestoourrelationships,itseems,”saysaspokesperson.“Howeveryouwanttobreakupisentirelyuptoyou,butitmaybeworthnotingthatwefoundthatquitealotofpeoplewouldbehurtbyadigitalbreakup,asit'sseenasalittletooimpersonal.”Theword“awkward”underlinedinParagraph2means（）.