By Alifia Juniarti
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BACHELOR’S DEGREE in
COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION
SWISS GERMAN UNIVERSITY The Prominence Tower
Jalan Jalur Sutera Barat No. 15, Alam Sutera Tangerang, Banten 15143 - Indonesia
STATEMENT BY THE AUTHOR
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at any educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis.
Alifia Juniarti
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Approved by:
Sharon Schumacher M.A.
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Dr. Nila K. Hidayat S.E., M.M.
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ABSTRACT
THE EFFECT OF INTERNET ADDICTION TOWARDS SOCIAL SKILLS OF THE YOUTH GENERATION IN PARTICULARLY SOUTH TANGERANG
By Alifia Juniarti
Sharon Schumacher M.A., Advisor
SWISS GERMAN UNIVERSITY
There are have been previous research about Internet addiction (IA) in Indonesia, but there is no specifically affected how IA would influenced social skills (SS) of the youth generation particularly in South Tangerang area, and this research aims to help more discovered how IA can affected to SS of the youth generation and another aims of this research were to examine which one is the most affected to SS by IA.
Methods; A total of 229 youth generation age ranged between 15 – 24 years old, who had been their IA levels, SS deficits were assessed. Results; the correlation between Internet addiction and Internet addiction were examined using AMOS Model analyses (Structural Equation Modeling / SEM) and Pearson Correlation Test. SS were significantly affected by IA. In conclusions; Social expressivity in dimensions of SS is the most affected by IA. The results showed that there is a significant effect of social expressivity towards youth social skills.
© Copyright 2018 by Alifia Juniarti All rights reserved
DEDICATION
I dedicate this works for my parents and education industry in Indonesia, for practitioner, also for myself.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to thank my parents for their support, also my brothers.
I also would like to thank Mrs. Sharon Schumacher for her support from the beginning till the end of my thesis journey. God bless you Miss for your unending patience.
To all of my friends: Maria Carmeitta, Jihan, Fionna, Iklima, Nidya, and Kak Dira.
Thank you for everything!
I want to say thank you to Rizardi RendraDinata for providing me great songs on your playlist that set my soul on fire.
Lastly once again thank you Bunda, Ayah, Billy, and Rendra for your love, patience and never-ending support. Thank you for always and always cheering me up when I feel like giving up.
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ABSTRACT ... 3
DEDICATION ... 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... 7
LIST OF FIGURES ... 11
LIST OF TABLES ... 12
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ... 15
1.1 Background ... 15
1.2 Research Problems ... 17
1.3 Research Objectives ... 18
1.4 Significance of Study ... 18
1.5 Research Questions ... 19
1.6 Hypothesis ... 20
1.7 Scope and Limitation ... 20
CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW ... 21
2.1 Internet Addiction ... 21
2.1.1 Measuring Internet Addiction ... 24
2.1.2 Internet Addiction and Youth Generations ... 26
2.1.3 Internet Addiction and Social Skills ... 27
2.5 Media Systems Dependency Theory ... 37
2.6 Theoretical Framework... 40
CHAPTER 3 – RESEARCH METHODS ... 42
3.1 Type of Study ... 42
3.2 Population & Sampling ... 42
3.2.1 Sample Size ... 43
3.2.2 Sampling Method ... 45
3.2.3 Research Framework ... 46
3.3 Data Collection ... 46
3.3.1 Questionnaire of Internet Addiction ... 47
3.3.2 Questionnaire Social Skills Inventory (SSI) ... 49
3.4 Data Analysis ... 49
3.4.1 Data Analysis Technique ... 51
3.4.2 Questionnaire Design ... 52
3.4.3 Operationalization of Internet Addiction (IA) ... 52
3.4.4 Operationalization of Social Skills (SK) ... 53
3.5 Data Preparation ... 54
3.5.1 Data Screening ... 55
3.5.2 Validity ... 55
3.5.3 Reliability ... 56
3.5.4 Pretest ... 57
3.5.5 Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) ... 58
3.5.6 Path Diagram ... 60
4.2. Validity Test ... 63
4.2.1 Validity (Pre-Test) of Salience (XI) ... 63
4.2.2 Validity (Pre Test) of Excessive use (X2) ... 64
4.2.3 Validity (Pre Test) of Neglect work (X3) ... 64
4.2.4 Validity (Pre Test) of Anticipation (X4) ... 65
4.2.5 Validity (Pre-Test) of Lack of Control (X5) ... 66
4.2.6 Validity (Pre Test) of Neglect social life (X6) ... 66
4.2.7 Validity (Pre Test) of Social expressivity (Y1) ... 67
4.2.8 Validity (Pre Test) of Social sensitivity (Y2) ... 67
4.2.9 Validity (Pre Test) of Social control (Y3) ... 69
4.3 Reliability Test ... 69
4.4. Descriptive Analysis – Respondent Profile ... 72
4.5. Respondent’s Opinions ... 73
4.5.1 Intensity of Internet Usage ... 73
4.5.2 Social Skills ... 74
4.5.3 Impact of Demography on Internet Addiction ... 75
4.5.4 Impact of Demography on Social Skills ... 78
4.6. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) Analysis ... 81
4.6.1 AMOS Model ... 81
4.6.2 Path Diagram Output ... 83
CHAPTER 5 – CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ... 92
5.1. Conclusions ... 92
5.2. Recommendation ... 93
GLOSSARY ... 95
REFERENCES ... 96
APPENDICES ... 105
Appendix 1 - The Questionnaire Design of Social Skills Inventory (SSI): ... 105
Appendix 2 - The Questionnaire Design of Internet Addiction (IA): ... 107
Appendix 3 – of Pearson Table ... 111
Appendix 4 – Questionnaire Results – Reliability scale all variables ... 112
Appendix 5 – Reliability Statistics of each dimensions In Internet addiction (DV).. 112
Appendix 6 – Reliability Statistics of each dimensions In Social Skills (IV) ... 116
Appendix 7 – SPPS Output (RAW Data) of 35 Questions from 229 Respondents ... 118
Appendix 8 – AMOS Results ... 123
Appendix 9 – Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Table (r), Table 3.5 ... 125
Appendix 10 – Cronbach’s Alpha Rule of Thumb, Table 3.5 ... 126
Appendix 11 – Reliability test (Pre-Test) for 30 Respondents ... 126
Appendix 12 – Reliability test (Pro-Test) for 229 Respondents ... 127
Appendix 13 – Path Diagram Output of 229 Respondents ... 128
CURRICULUM VITAE ... 129
