Understanding Multiculturalism in a Family on Whatsapp Group in the Disruption Era
| Main Authors: | Indriani, Sri Seti, Prasanti, Ditha |
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| Format: | Article info Qualitative Type application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Semarang
, 2019
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http://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/article/view/1267 http://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/article/view/1267/1009 http://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/article/downloadSuppFile/1267/176 |
Daftar Isi:
- The SW6 family spread in several locations creates multiculturalism on WhatsApp social media groups. This study tries to describe the meaning of multiculturalism family on the WhatsApp group for the family members. This study is qualitative type using virtual ethnographic approach to describe the reality. The results of the study reveal that the experience of communication experienced is referred to as an archipelago insight experience. Cultural intelligence is assessed from the personal activeness of family members and information shared. When talking about something outside of its cultural values, there are some of the family members who choose to be silent, there are some who choose to ask questions to understand, but there are some who directly express their feelings. Communication culture can also be seen from the personal activeness of each members, there is a silent reader, some respond when needed, some are positioned as followers and some are dominant.
- The family group SW6 used Whatsapp as a social media to bond more within the members. Members of this family were spreadly located in some areas of the country with different backgrounds of culture. This alone created Multiculturalisme in the social media group.This research described the communication experience, the meaning of this family through the members of the group and also their culture inteligence. Method used was an ethnography virtual approach. Result showed that the communication experienced by the members was a national insight experience. The family meaning constructed was a Pancasila Family. The culture intelligence could be seen through their activeness and the information that was spread in the group. In discussing values and norms, some chose to be silent, some chose to ask, and some chose to be critical. Some were silent readers, some commented, some were followers and some dominated.Keywords: Multiculturalisme, Social Media, Family Communication and cultural intelligence.