PENGARUH BLACKBERRY MESSENGER TERHADAP INTERAKSI SOSIAL SISWA SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS NEGERI 6 PEKANBARU
ABSTRACT: The development
of communication technology
has resulted a
revolution of
communications. The communication
technology has also
made it easy
for people to communicate
with others. One of the
most popular of
communications today is BlackBerry
Messenger. BlackBerry Messenger
is an instant
messaging program which is
available for BlackBerry
smartphone users. BlackBerry Messenger app
is one of
the facilities that
makes BlackBerry becomes
attractive enough for people to use. The application attracted the
attention of students, so it takes
students’ time and
interactions that should
have been done
in person directly. This study
aims to determine how much BlackBerry Messenger influence students’ social
interaction in SMAN 6 Pekanbaru. The
method that was used in this study is a survey explanatory. To collect the data,
the authors used
questionnaires and documentation. To
determine the effect of
BlackBerry Messenger on
students’ social interaction
in SMAN 6 Pekanbaru,
the authors used
a simple linear
regression analysis. Variable
X in this study
is the BlackBerry
Messenger, while variable
Y is. The
number of samples in
this study was 87 students,
sample collection technique
is random sampling technique.
Processing test questionnaires were
performed using the Statistics Product and Service Solutions
(SPSS) version 16.0. Results of
this study demonstrate
the effect of
influence of BlackBerry Messenger on students’ social
interaction in SMAN 6 Pekanbaru is 11.1%.
It is based on
analysis of the
data using a
simple linear regression
is Y =
12.800 + 0.258 X
with t 3262
greater than the
t table 1.988
and the significance
level is 0.002 less than α =
0.05. Therefore H0
is rejected and
H1 is accepted
because there is influence
or effect of BlackBerry Messenger
on students’ social interaction in SMAN 6 Pekanbaru
Penulis: NURUL ANNISA
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd140294
