Persepsi Lingkungan Pergaulan Teman Sebaya terhadap Perilaku Flexing Mahasiswa di Media Sosial Instagram

Abstract

Flexing is a show-off behavior aimed at the public in the hope of gaining popularity, but delivered in a way that is unpleasant for others. The student environment on campus is inseparable from the phenomenon of flexing, because as young people who are looking for their identity. Flexing perpetrators who are students tend to limit their interactions with certain groups only, and give rise to various perceptions from their environment. This study aims to determine, describe, and analyze the perception of the peer group environment towards student flexing behavior on Instagram social media. The study uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type. The location determination technique applies a purposive area, by selecting the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Jember. The informant determination technique uses purposive sampling, consisting of 3 flexing perpetrators and 3 peers of the perpetrators. The data collection technique uses non-participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation. The data analysis technique applies Miles & Huberman. The validity technique uses triangulation of sources and methods. The results of the study show that there is a perception of dislike from the perpetrator's out-group for their habit of showing off, which then forms a contradictory relationship between them, and a perception of liking arises from the perpetrator's in-group because the habit of showing off becomes something they have in common, which then forms an assimilation relationship.