Role of Peer-Group in Selective Exposure About Pornography through Internet Among Teenagers of Modern Islamic Boarding School in Tangerang City

Understanding how vital peer group can influence teens to seek of sex information, it would be interesting to have a study what is the role of peer group among teens on selective exposure of pornographic information through internet. This research involved students from an Islamic boarding school in Tangerang city as informants. Tangerang was chosen because it is located near Jakarta, the capital city which placed fifth in the list of cities that accesses most the "sex" keyword. Argumentation of researcher to choose Islamic boarding school is to know whether peer group could affect the process of selective exposure on pornographic information among students, instead of tradition of obedience and discipline of Islamic boarding school. The framework of thinking in this research is based on the constructivist paradigm. A qualitative approach was applied in this research. The data collection techniques used in-depth interview method. The result of the study shows that peer group does not play a role in the process of selective exposure on pornographic information in Islamic boarding school instead other factor that affect the student are the normative belief based on parenting system and rules of the Islamic boarding school.