The Coffee Shop Functions as Facilities, Pattern of Interaction and Social Intervention in Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to determine the process of changing the function of a coffee shop as a facility and pattern of social interaction and determine the change in the meaning of a coffee shop as a social intervention. This type of research is a case study research because this research is specific by using a qualitative descriptive approach. The purposive sampling technique carries out the determination of informants. This type of research also uses a naturalistic (qualitative) paradigm approach to analyze and construct changes in the meaning of coffee shops as a means of social interaction and intervention patterns in Jeneponto Regency, South Sulawesi. The writer chose this location with the consideration that Jeneponto Regency has a heterogeneous population. Data analysis was carried out by data reduction, which focused on the selection, simplification, abstraction and transformation of rough data from field notes, followed by data presentation and concluding. The results of this study indicate that the change in the function of a coffee shop into a means and pattern of social interaction and intervention is marked by the development of simple facilities into public spaces equipped with facilities and information such as television, newspapers, and the internet networks. To meet the needs and satisfaction of visitors. As facilities, pattern of interaction and social intervention as a unifier in association without distinction of race, religion and so on, in solving problems, both formally and informally.