Hubungan antara Tingkat Pemanfaatan Path, Frekuensi Face To Face Communication, dengan Eskalasi Hubungan Pertemanan Jarak Jauh.

Pertemanan jarak jauh bukan lagi menjadi hal yang asing saat ini. Seseorang bisa saja berpisah atau tidak lagi berdomisili di daerah yang sama dengan teman mereka dikarenakan oleh berbagai hal, salah satunya pendidikan. Namun, hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh tergolong rapuh dan membutuhkan USAha lebih untuk mempertahankannya karena menurunnya frekuensi face to face communication secara drastis. Berkat perkembangan teknologi, kini mempertahankan hubungan pertemana jarak jauh dapat terbantu dengan adanya sosial media, salah satunya Path.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan dengan menggunakan paradigma positivisktik. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah Alumni SMA 1 Batusangkar angkatan 2011 yang terlibat hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh, menjadi pengguna aktif sosial media Path minimal 1 tahun dan berusia antara 21 – 23 tahun. Penarikan sampel dilakukan secara purposive sampling dengan responden sejumlah 30 orang. Teknik pengumpulan data yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini adalah wawancara terstruktur. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membuktikan adanya hubungan antara tingkat pemanfaatan Path, frekuensi face to face communication, dengan eskalasi hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh. Teori yang digunakan adalah CMC dan Teori Penetrasi sosial. Hipotesis dari penelitian ini adalah adanya hubungan antara tingkat pemanfaatan Path, frekuensi face to face communication, dengan eskalasi hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh.Berdasarakan hasil temuan dalam penelitian ini, terbukti bahwa adanya korelasi positif antara tingkat pemanfaatan Path dengan eskalasi hubungan pertemana jarak jauh. Semakin tinggi tingkat pemanfaatan Path maka semakin eskalasi hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh juga semakinnaik. Dengan memanfaatkan Path, seseorang bisa tetap terhubung dan berinteraksi dengan teman mereka sehingga mereka tetap dapat saling mengetahui perkembangan kehidupan satu sama lain. Selain itu juga terbukti adanya korelasi positif antara frekuensi face to face communication dengan eskalasi hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh. Semakin tinggi frekuensi face to face communication maka eskalasi hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh juga semakin naik. Saat melakukan komunikasi face to face, informasi yang dipertukarkan lebih luas dan lebih dalam dan personal. Dengan memanfaatkan sosial media Path dan face to face communication, akan dapat tercipta hubungan pertemanan jarak jauh yang harmonis dan menurunnya kemungkinan terjadinya konflik

Rethinking Visiting Friends and Relatives Mobilities

The increasing number of people leading more mobile lives, with spatially dispersed families, raises questions over how they maintain their family life and friendships, and how this is shaped and shapes different forms of migration, and different patterns of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR). This paper develops an explanatory framework for conceptualizing and analyzing VFR mobilities, seeking to draw together threads from migration, mobilities and tourism studies. In unpacking the notion of VFR, this paper understands VFR mobilities as being constituted of diverse practices, and discusses five of the most important of these: social relationships, the provision of care, affirmations of identities and roots, maintenance of territorial rights, and leisure tourism. While these five types of practices are considered sequentially in this paper, they are in practice often blurred and overlapping. The interweaving of these practices changes over time, as does the meaning and content of individual practices, reflecting changes in the duration of migration, life cycle stage, individual goals and values, and the broader sets of relationships with and social obligations to different kin and friends

We Can Go the Distance: Communicating Through Conflicts in Long-distance Friendships

When conflict arises in long-distance friendships (LDFs), the friends might use technology-based channels to communicate about these conflicts. Given the distance, when the friendship partners want to address challenges that arise, they must use channels available to them to discuss these problems. The goal of this study was to understand how these LDFs address and manage conflict when using technology as their primary means of communication and what common approaches they have when negotiating these conflicts. To gather perspectives of how individuals should communicate about their conflicts, focus groups were conducted. Four focus occurred which consisted of college students at a large Midwestern university and averaged three people per group (N = 12). These focus groups allowed data to be collected about LDF technology use regarding conflict, conflict management experiences, and communication expectations. Data were thematically analyzed using sensitizing concepts from face theory (Goffman, 1967), politeness theory (Brown & Levinson, 1987) and face-negotiation theory (Ting-Toomey, 2005). The findings from this study indicated that these LDFs chose richer communication channels (e.g., phone calling, video calling) when the conflict was more severe and leaner channels (e.g., texting) when the conflict was minor or when they just wanted to check in about a potential conflict. Additionally, participants in these LDFs had a heightened awareness of relationship image management during conflict, and that LDFs would try to save the relationship because of their shared history, and also not wanting to give up a relationship that has been able to survive time and distance

Rethinking Visiting Friends and Relatives Mobilities

The increasing number of people leading more mobile lives, with spatially dispersed families, raises questions over how they maintain their family life and friendships, and how this is shaped and shapes different forms of migration, and different patterns of Visiting Friends and Relatives (VFR). This paper develops an explanatory framework for conceptualizing and analyzing VFR mobilities, seeking to draw together threads from migration, mobilities and tourism studies. In unpacking the notion of VFR, this paper understands VFR mobilities as being constituted of diverse practices, and discusses five of the most important of these: social relationships, the provision of care, affirmations of identities and roots, maintenance of territorial rights, and leisure tourism. While these five types of practices are considered sequentially in this paper, they are in practice often blurred and overlapping. The interweaving of these practices changes over time, as does the meaning and content of individual practices, reflecting changes in the duration of migration, life cycle stage, individual goals and values, and the broader sets of relationships with and social obligations to different kin and friends

Positive expressive technologies for social wellness

This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Drawing on research from the fields of HCI, social and positive psychology, this thesis investigates the design of technologies that encourage the expression of positive emotions. In parallel, it details the deployment of effective design steps to guide, frame and eventually support understandings of positive mental and social usage effects of technology. Different artefacts termed PosiPost have been iteratively developed as exemplars for the discussion and exploration of the ways in which technologies can support positive communication and social sharing. Studies with these technologies have been conducted to explore how these can encourage positive communication and understand how they contribute to social wellness. Specifically, the studies undertaken validate the hypothesis that the sharing of positive emotions as mediated by technology has beneficial social and mental effects. The first stage of the research examined whether and how social technology can be designed for positive affect. A theoretical framework, named THE Medium model was developed to support the design process. Furthermore, design considerations were produced for technologies that encourage the sharing of positive emotions. This latter involved two studies, paper-based and online, which showed the potential for a prefixbased elicitation of positive emotions and drove the design and development of a mobile tool called PosiPost Me (Mobile edition). The second stage of the design process focused on how positive emotions can be mediated by technology in a mobile context and how such tools were used and understood. The iterative design study process continued, resulting in PosiPost Be, a Bluetooth edition, which allows sharing of positive messages with people in close proximity to explore the social and potential positive effects of contextualizing posiposting by adding location as a factor. Results suggest that by using a prefix-strategy, messages of a positive and mundane nature can be shared and mediated by mobile technology. Analysis of the shared messages provides insights into people’s pleasant moments in daily life. A questionnaire instrument named SPOT was developed and used for the measurement of the effects of sharing pleasant moments with the developed mobile expressive technologies in further detail. The results suggest that lightweight positive expressive technologies can have beneficial social wellness effects. In particular, the study showed significant beneficial effects in reducing depressed feelings and increasing social interest in others. Participants also believed that the mobile PosiPost applications supported social connectedness, socio-pleasure, social and positive awareness, and positive thinking

Positive expressive technologies for social wellness

Drawing on research from the fields of HCI, social and positive psychology, this thesis investigates the design of technologies that encourage the expression of positive emotions. In parallel, it details the deployment of effective design steps to guide, frame and eventually support understandings of positive mental and social usage effects of technology. Different artefacts termed PosiPost have been iteratively developed as exemplars for the discussion and exploration of the ways in which technologies can support positive communication and social sharing. Studies with these technologies have been conducted to explore how these can encourage positive communication and understand how they contribute to social wellness. Specifically, the studies undertaken validate the hypothesis that the sharing of positive emotions as mediated by technology has beneficial social and mental effects. The first stage of the research examined whether and how social technology can be designed for positive affect. A theoretical framework, named THE Medium model was developed to support the design process. Furthermore, design considerations were produced for technologies that encourage the sharing of positive emotions. This latter involved two studies, paper-based and online, which showed the potential for a prefixbased elicitation of positive emotions and drove the design and development of a mobile tool called PosiPost Me (Mobile edition). The second stage of the design process focused on how positive emotions can be mediated by technology in a mobile context and how such tools were used and understood. The iterative design study process continued, resulting in PosiPost Be, a Bluetooth edition, which allows sharing of positive messages with people in close proximity to explore the social and potential positive effects of contextualizing posiposting by adding location as a factor. Results suggest that by using a prefix-strategy, messages of a positive and mundane nature can be shared and mediated by mobile technology. Analysis of the shared messages provides insights into people’s pleasant moments in daily life. A questionnaire instrument named SPOT was developed and used for the measurement of the effects of sharing pleasant moments with the developed mobile expressive technologies in further detail. The results suggest that lightweight positive expressive technologies can have beneficial social wellness effects. In particular, the study showed significant beneficial effects in reducing depressed feelings and increasing social interest in others. Participants also believed that the mobile PosiPost applications supported social connectedness, socio-pleasure, social and positive awareness, and positive thinking.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Overcoming the distance between friends : people and computers XXI HCI...but not as we know it

Staying in touch is a fundamental aspect in maintaining a long-distance relationship, whether it is in a family context or a friendship. An effective communication appliance can enable families or friends living apart to have a feeling of connectedness and help them to maintain their relationship despite the physical distance. This paper describes the results of an exploration study on people living far away from their families and friends, with a focus on how they stay in touch with their close friends and overcome the distance. The targeted user group in this study is geographically and physically isolated people. A user study was conducted by means of a survey, focus group and interview. The results show that sharing problems and feelings between two remotely located friends is crucial. Consequently, the design goal was set to enable users to notify and physically comfort each other, in a subtle way, through a remote but shared experience, whenever a problem or feeling occurs

Overcoming the distance between friends : people and computers XXI HCI...but not as we know it

Staying in touch is a fundamental aspect in maintaining a long-distance relationship, whether it is in a family context or a friendship. An effective communication appliance can enable families or friends living apart to have a feeling of connectedness and help them to maintain their relationship despite the physical distance. This paper describes the results of an exploration study on people living far away from their families and friends, with a focus on how they stay in touch with their close friends and overcome the distance. The targeted user group in this study is geographically and physically isolated people. A user study was conducted by means of a survey, focus group and interview. The results show that sharing problems and feelings between two remotely located friends is crucial. Consequently, the design goal was set to enable users to notify and physically comfort each other, in a subtle way, through a remote but shared experience, whenever a problem or feeling occurs

Overcoming the distance between friends : people and computers XXI HCI...but not as we know it

Staying in touch is a fundamental aspect in maintaining a long-distance relationship, whether it is in a family context or a friendship. An effective communication appliance can enable families or friends living apart to have a feeling of connectedness and help them to maintain their relationship despite the physical distance. This paper describes the results of an exploration study on people living far away from their families and friends, with a focus on how they stay in touch with their close friends and overcome the distance. The targeted user group in this study is geographically and physically isolated people. A user study was conducted by means of a survey, focus group and interview. The results show that sharing problems and feelings between two remotely located friends is crucial. Consequently, the design goal was set to enable users to notify and physically comfort each other, in a subtle way, through a remote but shared experience, whenever a problem or feeling occurs