The Relationship between Social Media and Students’ Morals at State Junior High School 3 East Simeulue, Aceh, Indonesia

Abstract

This research was interesting to conduct because nowadays morals in our society have reached an alarming state; the youth and future leaders no longer show respect to their elders, engaging in all kinds of anti-social behavior that bring harm to society. Any morally-corrupted group is bound to become a social threat. Moral values are found in religion, culture, and traditions and are not strictly religious. The purpose of this study was to determine the use of social media for class X students of East Simeulue State Junior High School 3 and its influence on their morals. This research employed a quantitative approach with the population in this study being students of East Simeulue State Junior High School 3. The sampling was carried out using asimple random sampling technique. The results showed that there was an effect of using social media on the students’ morals. This was evidenced by the value of count= 1.778 which was greater than the value of table= 0.679, meaning that there was an influence of social media use on students’ morals with a correlation coefficient value of 0.461, or 46.1%.