KETERBUKAAN DIRI KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL BISEKSUAL TERHADAP PASANGANNYA (Studi Kasus Biseksual di Kalangan Mahasiswa yang bertempat tinggal di Kelurahan Tunggulwulung Kecamatan Lowokwaru Kota Malang)

Janan Shofiyyah M, 201410040311112, Communication Studies, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, SELF DISCLOSURE BISEXUAL INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO HIS PARTNER (Case Study of Bisexuals among Students who Live in the Tunggulwulung Village, Lowokwaru District, Malang City) This research started from bisexual cases that occurred in Malang, especially students who were studying in Malang City. There are pros and cons to looking at homosexuals. Some see it as a choice of the right to life, some see it as immoral behavior. This study examines the self-disclosure of bisexuals to their partners. From the background, it can be drawn the formulation of the problem of how self-disclosure of bisexual interpersonal communication to their partners, case studies on bisexual students who live in the village of Tunggulwulung, Lowokwaru sub-district, Malang city. This study using social penetration theory to find out how self-disclosure interpersonal communication is contained in this study. Social penetration theory generally describes a process of interpersonal communication. This theory is used to understand the process of increasing disclosure and intimacy in a relationship between individuals. The results of this study found that of the four bisexual students, two of them only opened up to their same-sex partners. Meanwhile, two other bisexual students are open to their partners and open to talk about their personal problems, the communication used is in accordance with the characteristics of interpersonal communication. Suggestions that researchers give in terms of academic self-concept factors, social status, can be developed and refined in further research. In practical suggestions, the researcher hopes that readers will better understand the process of openness to be used as learning in assessing the openness of bisexual students