Social Well-Being in Student Social Media Users Social Well-Being Pada Mahasiswa Pengguna Media Sosial

Abstract

Social well-being is a person's achievement to face social roles in their environment. Social well-being is very important for every individual, especially for students because students are intellectual candidates or young intellectuals who will be the nation's successor who will have various predicates. Social well-being is one of the welfare that students want because of the demands of an increasingly sophisticated technology. This study aims to determine the description of social well-being and the factors that influence social well-being among students using social media. This researcher used a qualitative method with a phenomenological type, using two student subjects aged 18-30 years, male and female who actively use social media. Determination of the subject using purposive sampling, data collection methods in the form of interviews with both subjects. The results showed a picture of social well-being among students using social media in the form of social acceptance, social actualization, social relations, social contribution and social integration. It also shows the factors that support social well-being among students using social media, namely social support, social participation, social attitudes and social contacts.