Computer-Mediated Communication and Family Communication among Deaf Teenager

Abstract

As a basis for parenting, communication can change patterns of interaction in the family. This study examines how computer-mediated communication (CMC) is related to and influences family communication (including conversation and conformity) in adolescents with disabilities. Participants in this study were 100 adolescents with deafness scattered in Indonesia. Through ANOVA analysis, the results show that CMC is significantly positively related to the conversation, conformity, and interaction between the two. Regression analysis found all four CMC factors as significant predictors affecting 50.4% in the climate of family communication among deaf teenagers. The findings in this study produce an empirical explanation of the CMC motive as a factor in family communication in deaf teens. Suggestions and research for the future are discussed.

Desain Aplikasi “SAPA” Berbasis Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) untuk Efektivitas Komunikasi Mahasiswa Tunarungu

“…Computer-Mediated Communication untuk mengurangi isolasi sosial yang dialami oleh banyak individu tunarungu dan tunantera ketika bertemu di lingkungan masyarakat (Bishop et al, 2000). CMC memudahkan berinteraksi dengan berbagi bentuk cara berkomunikasi baik online maupun secara langsung, termasuk mereka yang tunarungu dan tunanetra remaja maupun anakanak (Ramadhana & Yusanto, 2020). Berbagai penggunaan CMC mengubah sifat interaksi sosial dan hubungan manusia di kalangan remaja tunarungu dan tunanetra (Durkin et al, 2010).…”