Durasi Penggunaan Media Sosial dengan Perubahan Mood Mahasiswa Saat Perkuliahan Online

Abstract

Mood or feeling (mood) is an emotional state that arises temporarily.  The mood is divided into two, that is, the good mood and the bad mood. Mood can affect a person's sense of comfort due to feelings about a situation. The use of social media is one of the non-pharmacological actions in the form of distractions to increase a person's comfort. The purpose of this study is to analyze the duration of the use of social availability with changes in the 20000 online lectures, there are students in the 34th increase of STIKES Adi Husada, totaling 31 people with sampling technique used simple random sampling. The study design was non-experimental correlational with cross-sectional, using questionnaires to measure the duration of social media use and mood.  The results of the  Chi-square test showed a p-value (0.000) < 0.05, which means that there is a relationship between the duration of social media use and mood changes. The more often you access social media al, the more positive the mood that arises. This is because social media can provide a variety of interesting entertainment features, chat, and the latest information, and make it easier to get or get to know new friends in cyberspace so that friendships are wider.  Social media is an alternative to improving mood in adolescents, especially college students, but can also have a negative impact, therefore further research is needed by using other variables in the sample more. Keywords : Social Media, Duration of Use, Mood.