Impak Media Sosial Terhadap Persahabatan
The Impact Of Social Media On Friendships
Abstract
Fitrah manusia dalam kehidupan perlukan sahabat. Persahabatan merupakan hubungan atau ikatan kasih sayang yang terlahir di antara dua orang individu atau lebih atas pelbagai faktor. Dengan kepesatan teknologi, persahabatan bukan sahaja terjalin di dunia nyata secara fizikal malah hubungan persahabatan juga terjalin di alam maya melalui media sosial. Persahabatan secara maya mendatangkan pelbagai impak positif dan negatif. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji berkenaan impak media sosial terhadap persahabatan. Bagi mencapai objektif kajian ini, metode kualitatif iaitu metod penyelidikan perpustakaan dan analisa data telah digunakan. Kajian ini mendapati terdapat banyak impak negatif berbanding impak positif berkenaan penggunaan media sosial terhadap hubungan persahabatan. Antara impak positifnya ialah kesalingterhubungan, mengatasi masalah kesunyian, mengelakkan tekanan perasaan dan mengeratkan hubungan silaturrahim. Manakala impak negatifnya pula seperti menimbulkan rasa tidak puas hati, berada dalam keadaan bahaya, berpotensi kehilangan kawan yang sebenar, sukar untuk mempercayai seseorang, harapan palsu dan niat yang boleh diragui.
Kata kunci: persahabatan, media sosial, alam maya, impak positif, impak negatif
ABSTRACT
Human nature in life needs friends. Friendship is a relationship or bond of love that is born between two or more individuals over a variety of factors. With the speed of technology, friendships are not only forged in the real world physically but also for friendships in the virtual world through social media. Virtual friendships have a variety of positive and negative impacts. This article aims to examine the impact of social media on friendships. To achieve the objectives of this study, qualitative methods namely library research methods and data analysis were used. This study found that there are many negative impacts compared to the positive impacts of the use of social media on friendships. Among the positive impacts are interconnectedness, overcoming the problem of loneliness, avoid emotional stress and strengthening relationships. While the negative impact is such as causing dissatisfaction, being in danger, potentially losing a real friend, difficult to trust someone, false hope and intentions that can be doubted.
Keywords: friendship, social media, cyberspace, positive impact, negative impact
