Parent-Child Communication and Communication Media for New Students of IPB University

Being a new student and living far from parents may be the choice of some children. Thus, communication between parents and children should be maintained to support children who are new students, especially at IPB University. This study aims to describe and explore parent-child communication and communication media used for new students at IPB University. This descriptive qualitative study used 8 informants from 8 provinces in Indonesia, which were obtained using the purposive sampling method where researchers distributed gforms in the IPB University Dormitory then selected and reduced according to research needs and in accordance with purposive sampling. The data obtained were analyzed qualitatively with Miles and Huberman's analysis. The results of the study showed that the majority of informants used WhatsApp to communicate with their parents, the communication was carried out quite often and talked about the new conditions and experiences they got when they entered and lived in the IPB University dormitory provided for new students.