Virtual Communication Culture in the Post-Pandemic Era

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the form of communication the public carries. Changes in people’s communication culture in the use of virtual new media against the uncertainty in the pandemic era have caused the excessive circulation of messages and information, thus creating disinformation and misinformation through the internet and social media. This study aims to analyse changes in community communication in the post-pandemic era in a virtual space and mediated by new media in line with the increasing use of new media in the pandemic era. This research uses qualitative descriptive research methods, namely research that explores or photographs social contexts that will study. The data sources used to support this research are some of the previous research and related research obtained from the results of literature research. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed individual habits in society, forming a new culture of communication mediated by new media for media dependence.
 Keywords: new media, media dependency theory, digital literacy, COVID-19