Relationship between Intensity of Using Social Media and Interpersonal Communication Skills in Guidance Counseling Student at Semarang State University

Social media has become a part of society in the world. The main purpose of social media is to make it easier for individuals to communicate and make relationships with others. Now the growth of social media actually causes individuals to be far away from friend around him. This study aims to determine the relationship between the intensity of the using social media and interpersonal communication skills. This research is a correlational quantitative study. The subjects in this study were 46 students in Guidance and Counseling at Semarang State University. The data collected will be analyzed using product moment techniques from Carl Pearson. The result showed that intensity of using social media is not correlate with interpersonal communication skills in guidance and counseling student at Semarang State University