Analysis of Interpersonal Communication of Orca Community Members on Social Media Discord

Abstract

Thel development ofl information andl communication ltechnology, especially the internet, hasl had al significant
impactl on thel way humans interact andl form communities. Thel emergence of virtual communities has become an
interesting phenomenon in the current digital era. To communicate with each other in a virtual community, the Virtual
Community uses various media, one of which is Discord, which isl an applicationl that canl be usedl to
communicatel together andl can alsol be usedl to createl a lcommunity, onel of whichl is thel Orca lcommunity. In
thel Orca lcommunity, communicationl is carried out onlinel and therel are membersl from variousl regions andl
various lages. Thisl research wasl conducted tol analyze thel effectiveness ofl interpersonal communication between
members of the Orca community on Discord social media. Thisl research usesl qualitative researchl methods, thenl
interviews andl data lcollection. Researchersl obtained research resultsl from thel existence ofl openness, lempathy,
lfeeling, positivity, lsupport, andl equality so thatl communication canl be carried out effectivelyl to increasel the
sensel of kinshipl within thel Orca lcommunity.

Keywords-interpersonal communication, virtual community, effectiveness of interpersonal communication, discord
social media.