THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE LOW ABILITY TO USE STANDARD INDONESIAN LANGUAGE AMONG MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Abstract

The light language used on social media makes its users feel more at home visiting social media every day. This also has a considerable influence on students' ability to use standard Indonesian in accordance with PUEBI. One of the evidences that there has been a change in the Indonesian language due to social media is the phenomenon of slang language or commonly known as alay language. This phenomenon certainly further submerges the standard Indonesian language where this condition provides a lot of linguistic influence for students of the Mechanical Engineering D-III Study Program, Jakarta State Polytechnic. The research method was carried out in stages starting from data collection by conducting interviews and distributing questionnaires. The results of this study indicate that in practice, students of the Mechanical Engineering D-III Study Program, Jakarta State Polytechnic have difficulty in using standard Indonesian language when making oral presentations or writing scientific papers because of slang or alay language obtained from the intense use of social media so as to shift the use of standard Indonesian language properly and correctly.