APAKAH GOSIP BISA MENJADI KONTROL SOSIAL?
Abstract: This study
set out in
the social life
of the people of
Indonesia. This issue
is all about gossip as social control. If all this
gossip to talk bad about as far as is known, then the Foster (2004) explains
that one function of gossip is to influence people. One form that seems extreme
is social control. The existence of social control are expected to achieve
harmony in social life.
In the current study focused on adolescents. In
the adolescent phase of this
development has wider social life and diverse. Patterns of friendship that
extends also part of one's youth. Another
important point is
very sensitive to adolescents evaluative information against him.
Thus gossip as a tool
for social control could
be the entrance
to evaluate the adolescents in their everyday lives.
Researchers takea sample of approximately
250 adolescents randomly sampling with
this type of
random sampling. The proportion
of men and women equally, the median age was 18.58 years (SD = 1.79). In this study used
self-report measure of
modality. Subtest function measurement using gossip as a tool to
influence others from scale measuring GFQ (questionnaire Gossip Foster),
composed by Eric foster (2004). As a result, 55.2 per cent of participants
of the important
functions of gossip influence
others. However, if both sexes were
compared results were not found substantial differences
(though the average higher for women). Using these
results can beexpected that most gossip, but does not control or at least
influence other people. It could, the supervisory functions
should be something concrete, not just talk about word
of mouth.
Penulis: Eko A Meinarno, Sunu
Bagaskara, Mely Putri Kurniati Rosalina
Kode Jurnal: jppsikologisosialdd110013
