Pengaruh Perilaku Phubbing terhadap Berkurangnya Intensitas Komunikasi Keluarga pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the government to implement a "stay at home" policy that requires people to reduce activities outside the home. The impact of this policy is that technology cannot be separated from the grip, causing phubbing behavior in the family environment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was an effect of phubbing behavior on the reduced intensity of family communication during the Covid-19 pandemic in the city of Jakarta. This study uses the Theory of Technological Determinism. The method used is descriptive quantitative, purposive sampling and data collection through questionnaires with a sample of 400 respondents. The results of the hypothesis test state that the value of sig. on the variable phubbing behavior of 0.000 < 0.005 and tcount 19,053 > ttable 1,984 so that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted and from the results of the coefficient of determination (R2) an R Square value of 0.477 means that phubbing behavior affects the reduced intensity of family communication during the Covid-19 pandemic in the city of Jakarta by 47.7%. This result shows that the intensity of family communication during the Covid-19 pandemic is reduced due to the busyness of each family member with activities that are all technological. This is in accordance with the theory of Technological Determinism that the media is the main factor that most influences other things. The use of technology allows humans to be amputated from their duties and functions, both physically and mentally which causes the loss of dignity (dehumanization) as social beings.