Open AccessPemanfaatan Whatsapp Grup sebagai Media Komunikasi di Daerah Pedesaan
Author(s) -
Ririn Puspita Tutiasri,
Wahyu Santoso,
Aulia Rahmawati
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu komunikasi/jurnal ilmu komunikasi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2723-2557
pISSN - 2088-981X
DOI - 10.15642/jik.2021.11.1.79-92
Subject(s) - focus group , government (linguistics) , qualitative research , descriptive research , geography , information and communications technology , political science , socioeconomics , public relations , sociology , business , social science , marketing , linguistics , philosophy , law
Technological developments are able to change the habits or culture of an area, including the way people communicate. One of the technologies that change the way of socializing is through the Whatsapp application. The focus of this research is how to use Whatsapp groups as a communication medium by the community in Pandowan Village, Galur District, Kulon Progo Yogyakarta. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of Whatsapp groups as a communication medium by the community in Pandowan Village, Galur District, Kulon Progo Yogyakarta. This research method uses descriptive qualitative research. The results of this study indicate that the use of Whatsapp groups as a means of exchanging information on village government with the community and fellow villagers. Utilization through whatsapp groups is used as a means of delivering village government policies, conversations, and discussions between residents about village government policies.