Electronic Theses and Dissertation

ABSTRAK
Teknologi internet memberikan dampak yang besar terhadap kehidupan manusia,
salah satunya dari segi hiburan seperti game online. Bermain game online dapat
berdampak positif dan juga memberikan dampak negatif baik secara sosial, psikis
dan fisik. Mobile Legends adalah salah satu game online yang dimainkan oleh
jutaan pengguna diseluruh dunia, yang mempengaruhi keterampilan komunikasi
interpersonal pecandu game online. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui
bagaimana prilaku komunikasi interpersonal pecandu game mobile legends di dunia
nyata, metode pengumpulan data ialah dengan tahapan wawancara dan observasi.
Subjek pada penelitian ini adalah para pecandu game online di Kedai Kopi Banda
Aceh, dengan menggunakan model keterampilan sosial Riggio dan Reichard:
Emotional Expressiviti, Emotional Sensitivity, Emotional Conntrol, Social
Expressivity, Social Sensivity, Sosial Control membantu menemukan hasil dan
kesimpulan dari penelitian ini, hasil dan kesimpulan pada penelitian ini
menunjukkan bahwa game online berdampak buruk pada perilaku komunikasi
interpersonal, juga menyebabkan kehidupan yang kurang stabil, serta
mengakibatkan kemunduran interaksi social pada banyak orang dan dapat
membantu perkembangan komunikasi interpersonal pecandu game online. Mobile
Legends menjadi salah satu game penyebab keterampilan sosial seseorang menjadi
tidak baik. Penelitian ini diharapkan menjadi acuan agar pecandu game online bisa
membatasi durasi dalam bermain game online, peran dari orang tua serta dari
pemerintah dalam memperhatikan para pecandu game online juga sangat
diperlukan.

Kata Kunci: Game Online, Mobile Legends, Komunikasi Interpersonal

ABSTRACT Internet technology has had a big impact on human life, one of which is in terms of entertainment such as online games. Playing online games can have both positive and negative impacts both socially, psychologically and physically. Mobile Legends is an online game played by millions of users throughout the world, which affects the interpersonal communication skills of online game addicts. This research aims to find out how the interpersonal communication behavior of mobile legends game addicts is in the real world. The data collection method is through interview and observation stages. The subjects in this research were online game addicts in Banda Aceh Coffee Shop. Using model keterampilan sosial Riggio and Reichard: Emotional Expressivity, Emotional Sensitivity, Emotional Control, Social Expressivity, Social Sensitivity, Social Control to help find the results and conclusions of this research, The results and conclusions of this research show that online games have a bad impact on interpersonal communication behavior, also cause less stability in life, and result in a decline in social interactions for many people and can help the development of interpersonal communication in online game addicts. Mobile legends is one of the games that causes a person's social skills to become bad. It is hoped that this research will become a reference so that online game addicts can limit the duration of playing online games. The role of parents and the government in paying attention to online game addicts is also very necessary. Keywords: Online Games, Mobile Legends, Interpersonal Communication