The Use of Social Media Among English Education Students for Solving Problems in Completing Their Skripsi

This study was conducted to investigate the use of social media in solving skripsi problems experienced by English Education Students of UIN Ar-Raniry. It is also to see how big impact of using WhatsApp can solve their skripsi problems. Hence, the research design of this study is descriptive qualitative. The researcher selected 12 English students, three male and nine females who are writing skripsi as the participants. This study used semi structure interview to collect the data in getting deeper information needed for this study. The result of this study showed that use of social media among English Education students mostly give positive effect for them to solve problems in completing their skripsi. It can be seen from the several answers of the participants in this research. In this study, the writer found various factors in dealing with students to complete their skripsi such as; psychological factor (less motivated), socio-cultural factor (the relationship between students and supervisor), linguistic factor (finding references, insufficient of grammar). The use of social media in solving skripsi problems has made students feel easier in overcoming the various factors they get in writing a skripsi