Social Media Most Intriguing

Social Media Most Intriguing Among Seventh Semester English Department Students of UIN Ar-Raniry

By

Putri Yunisari

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EAP-II

2016/2017

Abstract

            This research purpose are to find out whether seventh semester English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry in unit six interested in social media and what kind of social media most intriguing among them. The research was done by questioned and investigated the students. As the result, most of the seventh semester English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry in unit six more enjoy Instagram. It is recommended to all social media users to use social media in the right way as it should be.

Introduction

Social media turned over time and became a part of human’s life. It offers the easiness for users. A lot of students, especially English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry agree and welcoming social media. They said social media, now days, is a trend; it is a must. And by social media, they are easier to get information, entertains and also in making friends. More ever, social media doesn’t require meeting in person, and at the same place. In addition, it has no limit time.

As cited in liputan6.com, in the end of 2015 there are ten favorite social media in Indonesia.  One of them is Facebook. About 59.5% of Smart phone users’ prefer to use Facebook which made it become the most popular social media in Indonesia. A study from Pew Result Internet Project, as cited in Modo Labs Team, also found Facebook is on the top list of social media used by adult.

            This study aims to find out what is social media most intriguing among seventh semester English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry in unit six.

Methods

This research was done by questionnaire and investigated seventh semester English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry in unit six with 29 numbers of students who take EAP-II class. The questionnaire was distributed to 27 students. The informants asked to choose one of the social media they more enjoy and provided open ended responses to clarify why they prefer that social media.

Results

The result of this research shows most of the informant interested in Instagram. Below is the pie chart of social media most intriguing among seventh semester English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry in unit six.

Discussion

From the total ten Social Media that are served, Most of the informants have chosen Instagram (30%) as medium to share information with others and also for self-actualization. Whereas, 26% of the informants more prefer Line because the message sent would not be late as by using BBM (18%).  According to the informants, they only use BBM to communicate with people who known. Besides, there is the lack on BBM systems in delivering the message; it excessively depends on the network. On the other hand, only 15% of the informants enjoy Facebook. The result is dramatically different from what have been stated in Metrotvnews.com where Facebook is on the top list of most popular Social Media with the large number of users. The informants, who prefer Facebook, though it is a friendly media social; it is a link to connect each other, make you easier to contact your old friends that you don’t know their existence; also to keep relationship with people in distance. However 7% of the informants thought Twitter has better construction as media social because it’s only need a few minutes to make the information separate around the world. There are 4% informants had chosen Flickr to enjoy their photograph hobbies because it provides 1000 GB space freely and for the rests is 0%.

Conclusion

As a result, researcher found that seventh semester English department students are active users of social media, especially Instagram. Due to most of them love photograph. They use it for self-actualization. They were satisfied to communicate with others abroad, and also they enjoy seeing the world widely. It is suitable with the research conducted by Jasmin Knight-McCord, Dylan Cleary and friends from Alabama State University entitle ‘What social media site do college students use most?”. They found that Instagram is the most used social networking side among college students.

Recommendation

Researcher recommends to them who love photograph to try Flickr even it is not as popular as Instagram but it is also good. Also, researcher suggests users to use social media on the right way as it should be. And for them who has responsibility (in this case is the company) to pay attention on the lacks of the social media, therefore it could gain more users and becomes a social media most intriguing among seventh semester English department students of UIN Ar-Raniry.

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