Research Article
WhatsApp Group Application: Increasing or Decreasing The Closeness
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-6-2020.2300614, author={Hanny Hafiar and La Ode Herman and La Tarifu and Sitti Utami Rezkiawaty Kamil and Faturachman Alputra Sudirman and Fera Tri Susilawaty and Ari Agung Prastowo}, title={WhatsApp Group Application: Increasing or Decreasing The Closeness}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advance \& Scientific Innovation, ICASI 2020, 20 June 2020, Medan, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICASI}, year={2020}, month={9}, keywords={application whatsapp group students politics}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-6-2020.2300614} }- Hanny Hafiar
La Ode Herman
La Tarifu
Sitti Utami Rezkiawaty Kamil
Faturachman Alputra Sudirman
Fera Tri Susilawaty
Ari Agung Prastowo
Year: 2020
WhatsApp Group Application: Increasing or Decreasing The Closeness
ICASI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-6-2020.2300614
Abstract
The contestation of presidential elections tends to color the content of public talks. This includes students from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, at Halu Oleo University, which is channeled through WhatsApp Group (WAG). Differences in the choice between users often lead to conflict. Therefore, this article aims to describe the merger and number of WAGs that are followed, conflicts that occur in the WAG, acts of leave groups conducted by WAG members, as well as comments given after the leave group event by one of the members related to the conflict. In some WAGs that followed, there were conflicts relating to presidential elections which led to the leave group action conducted by WAG members. The debate and conflict that occurred on the WhatsApp group, showed that as a communication media, WhatsApp Group had a role in increasing, while reducing the level of closeness among group members. Even though the initial goal of group formation was based on the desire to establish closer communication between members who were friends and partners. The awareness of members on the initial purpose of forming WAG is expected to minimize possible conflicts in the WAG, so that the conditions of relations between members can be harmonious
