Pengaruh Sinetron “Anak Jalanan” Terhadap Perilaku Remaja Di Kota Samarinda

This research aims at (1) identifying the effects of watching electronic cinema of “Anak Jalanan” to teenagers and identifying factors that lead teenagers to imitate behaviours posed by actress and actors on the electronic cinema of “Anak Jalanan”. Method applied in this research is qualitative-descriptive. Five teenagers ranging from thirteen to fifteen of age are involved in several deep interview sessions while additional subjects from parents and teachers are also involved to gain more data. All subjects in this research are selected through snowball sampling technique. Findings suggest that negative behaviour among teenagers in Samarinda such as untidy style of clothing, using impolite style of speaking, and depicting aggressive behaviour are partially the result of watching cinema electronic of “Anak Jalanan”. Such negative behaviours relates closely to factors like (1) teenager's need for idol's figure, (2) lack of parental guidance during TV sessions at home, and (3) the nature of the cinema electronic itself that contains many negative contents