Student Self-Disclosure through Instagram Posts to Enhance Classroom Interaction
Prosiding International Conference on Sustainable Innovation (ICoSI),
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2022): Optimizing Global Benefit for Future Wellbeing
Abstract
Self-disclosure has been widely researched as
a way to enhance interactions in the classroom and to
improve the overall learning experience. Student selfdisclosure can be expressed through various media, one of
which is social media. Instagram, an indisputably visual
platform of social media interaction, has become immensely
popular among Millennials and Gen Z-ers. This study aims
to analyze the visual aspect of self-disclosing posts from 180
students in two universities in Bali Indonesia, under the
Instagram hashtag of “#myworld”, conducted at the
beginning of a semester term. Utilizing content analysis
method employing two coders with substantial inter-rater
reliability (Cohen Kappa > 0.61), the study finds that the
typology of self-disclosure falls into three categories:
descriptive, evaluative, and topical, with descriptive selfdisclosure as the clear majority (82.8%). The themes
emerging from the self-disclosing posts include (from the
highest prevalence): family, friends, religion, hobby, self,
significant other, things/possession, and work/study.
Further qualitative inquiry reveals that self-disclosure
through social media is perceived to have lower risk than
direct, face-to-face disclosure. It has the potential to be used
to get better acquainted to one another with lower perceived
risk
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