Communication Patterns of Overseas Students with Parents

Abstract

Communication is an activity that is a human need. Overseas students of course still maintain communication even though there are differences in the intensity of communication so that there are obstacles experienced in communicating. The purpose of this study is to understand the communication patterns applied by overseas students with their parents by using Family Relationship Schematic Theory. This study uses a qualitative and technical approach to data analysis by Miles and Huberman. By using a purposive sampling technique, the research subjects were only limited to overseas students of the Communication Studies Program, State University of Jakarta, and Class of 2020 from outside Java. The results of this study are that there are several matches between informants such as communication patterns applied in the family, freedom of expression, intensity of communication, consistency of mutual agreement, and compliance with the media. Secondary communication patterns are communication patterns used by overseas students in long-distance relationships with parents.