Strategi Komunikasi Interpersonal Orang Tua Tunggal pada Anak Remaja Pecandu Gadget di Desa Simirik Kecamatan Batunadua Kota Padang Sidempuan

Abstract

This study is conduct on the problem of single parent interpersonal communication in adolescent gadget addicts. Where teenage children are busy all day playing gadgets without doing any activities during the day, the impact of this, teenagers will feel it later, both physical and physical impacts. Children become addicts because parents do not supervise children's activities playing gadgets. Therefore, the role of parental communication is very much needed in preventing children from being addicted to gadgets. The communication strategy in this study is an interpersonal communication strategy with a persuasive method. This study uses a field method with a descriptive qualitative approach and data collection using questionnaires, interviews, observations and documentation and then carried out a depth analysis. The results of this study describe that single parent interpersonal communication with persuasive strategies is carried out by single parents in adolescents with verbal and non-verbal ways, namely through actions, words, examples and rewards. So that is difficult for parents to solve this problem. The situation and condition of the corona pandemic period is an obstacle to communication between parents and teenagers to overcome gadget addiction. Other obstacles are barriers from parents, namely the lack of understanding of parents in fostering their children at home and studying time, lack of parental supervision of their children when playing gadgets and the busyness of parents in daily life while earning a living outside the home.

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“…Dalam teknik ini, orang tua mencoba mempengaruhi dan membujuk anakanak remaja agar mereka mengurangi durasi penggunaan gadget. Seperti penelitian (Siagian et al, 2021). Selain komunikasi interpersonal, upaya untuk mengantisipasi kecanduan gadget pada anak dilakukan melalui literasi Media.…”