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Communication is a natural way for humans to convey ideas, identity, ideas and their existence to others. One type of communication is intercultural communication. This is communication that occurs between communication participants who have different cultural backgrounds. Sumbawa University of Technology is a tertiary institution that has foreign students from various countries in the world, it is this condition that makes Cross-Cultural Communication intertwined here. The purpose of this research is to find out the barriers to cross-cultural communication experienced by foreign students at the Sumbawa University of Technology. This research is categorized as a qualitative research with data collection techniques, namely interviews. Three informants have become participants in this study who were selected based on a purposive sampling technique. Furthermore, data were analyzed using the Milles & Huberman model with 3 stages; data reduction, data presentation, and conclusions. The results of this study indicate that the barriers to Cross-Cultural Communication experienced by foreign students at the Sumbawa University of Technology are language, misunderstanding of nonverbal behavior, a tendency to judge, and high anxiety.

Students in adolescence often commit various kinds of troubling delinquencies and lately through various kinds of mass communication tools, the problem of juvenile delinquency has become an object of discussion. Delinquency in students occurs because of the unstable condition of students or can also be influenced by their environment, both from the family environment, friendships, and the community environment. Realizing this, guidance and counseling teachers are required to overcome the problem of deviant behavior of students, because education is seen as one aspect that has an important role in shaping the mentality of future generations. The purpose of this research is to find out the communication strategy of counseling teachers against student delinquency at MAN 1 Sumbawa. The research method used in this research is a qualitative research approach that is qualitative-descriptive in nature, namely a study that describes and describes a problem. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews and documentation. Data is analyzed interactively with the steps of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results of this study are communication strategies carried out by counseling teachers, namely 1) Conducting guidance and direct approach to problem students. 2) directing students to take part in positive activities such as extracurricular activities and religious activities so that students do not do negative things. 3) The imposition of sanctions on students who commit violations. So that it is hoped that no further violations will occur and have a deterrent effect on students. The forms of sanctions imposed do not lead to negative things, but lead to positive actions from the effects of these sanctions.    

Human perception of beauty is different, beauty is the dream of every woman, both teenagers and children from an early age. so this study aims to determine the views of Sumbawa University of Technology students on beauty.  This research uses qualitative research methods and the basic type of qualitative description with data collection techniques in the form of interviews and documentation. This study was conducted within the environment of Sumbawa University of Technology. Interviews and documentation were used as data collection techniques. Using Pride and Farrel's Perception, perception is all the processes by which information is retrieved, organized, interpreted and communicated. This can be seen from one's opinion about beauty standards. Because female beauty is not only physical, but one's personality and intelligent behavior, can be said to be a measure of beauty.    

This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of Islamic stock understanding and financial behavior on the intention to purchase Islamic stocks at PT FAC Sekuritas. The method used in this study is a quantitative method, and the data analysis method used is the coefficient of determination test. The sample in this study was 94 samples of FEBI students at UIN STS Jambi class of 2019-2021, by distributing Likert scale questionnaires. The results of the study show that understanding of Islamic stocks (X1) has a significant positive effect on the intention to purchase Islamic stocks (Y). This is evidenced by the value of Tcount 4.379 > Ttable 1.661 and a Sig value of 0.001 <0.05, which means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted. Financial Behavior (X2) shows that there is a significant positive influence on the intention to purchase Islamic stocks (Y). This is evidenced by the tcount value of the minimum capital variable of 3.480 > 1.661 with a significance value of 0.001 <0.05, so it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. Understanding of sharia stocks and financial behavior together have a significant effect on the intention to buy sharia stocks. It is known that the significance values ​​for (X1) and (X2) simultaneously affect (Y) of 0.000 <0.005 and the value of Fcount > Ftable (34.631 > 3.10). So it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. This means that the higher the level of understanding of Islamic stocks and the better financial behavior, the higher the interest of students in purchasing Islamic stocks at PT FAC Sekuritas.

School promotions were carried out directly by visiting junior high schools, during a pandemic this can’t be done. In an effort to attract prospective new students at SMK PGRI 2 Salatiga, it is necessary to innovate by adding promotional media that can be accessed by the wider community. Information distribution can be done through social media and the school's YouTube channel. Information media was chosen as virtual reality in the form of 360° videos to display school facilities and privileges. The measurement indicators used in this study are behavior, interactivity, and sound to find out whether the virtual environment can affect the interest of prospective students at SMK PGRI 2 Salatiga. In addition, the interactivity of the video when it is played and the sound of the environment in the video can give immersive in a school environment. The results of this study by the majority of respondents stated that promotional media virtual reality in the form of 360° videos is appropriate for use for school promotions during a pandemic, as an effort to increase the number of new students.

Bullying connotes actions taken intentionally to give other people a feeling of discomfort by berating, demeaning, criticizing, nicknamed, kicking, pushing, depriving money, avoiding, and refusing to make friends is a real form of action. The purpose of this Community Empowerment Program (Podamat) is to provide knowledge about the factors that cause bullying that occurs at Muhammadiyah 2 Kalasan Middle School, provide knowledge about the impacts caused by bullying that occurs at Muhammadiyah 2 Kalasan Middle School, and provide education to students to build Anti-Bullying awareness at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Kalasan. The results of the Prodamat activity (Community Empowerment Program) entitled "Education to Build Anti-Bullying Generations have had a positive impact, namely increasing insight and better understanding of students at SMP Muhammadiyah 2 Kalasan regarding bullying compared to before receiving this education. This increased understanding includes definitions, types, causal factors, characteristics of perpetrators, victims, witnesses, then knowing the harmful effects of bullying behavior.

Repetition and practice are used in Behavioristic learning methods. Group 32 Students of the East Java "Veteran" National Development University in 2023 use this theory to apply marketing knowledge through social media towards "Bintang Lestari" MSME. The ability to introduce businesses and upload products on social media is something that can help MSME achieve good business performance. Prior to receiving assistance, The"Bintang Lestari" MSME only marketed their products conventionally by word of mouth. After mentoring "Bintang Lestari" managed to use Whatsapp Business and Facebook and get orders from these applications.

The purpose of this study was to identify the impact of social media tiktok on youth X at Muhammadiyah High School Makassar City. There are many factors that can influence juvenile delinquency, including family, peer, environmental, and individual factors such as the inability to cope with stress and emotions. It is important to note that not all youth commit delinquency, and some youth may engage in some of these acts without realizing the negative impact. Therefore, it is important for parents and educators to provide good education and positive instruction about good and bad behavior, and help youth develop good social and emotional skills to deal with pressures and problems in life. Juvenile delinquency can be influenced by social media, which is a very popular place for teenagers to communicate, share information, and interact with others. This type of research uses qualitative methods with interview data collection techniques. The informant of this study was one of the X students who used the social media application, Tiktok. The results of this study indicate that the tiktok social media application can have a negative influence on female students if they are not wise in creating content.  

Effective leadership from a school principal is the key to improving the quality and performance of teachers as learning agents in madrasas. This study aims to find out and analyze in depth the leadership behavior of school principals in improving teacher performance at public elementary schools (MIN) 15 Bintaro. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research method. The research subject is the head of the school. Sources of data obtained through observation, interviews and taken from various literature relevant to the research material. The results of the study show that: (1) The principal's leadership behavior in improving teacher performance at MIN 15 Binatro, namely: the principal has influenced and mobilized subordinates, the principal determines the tasks of the teachers and provides training so that teacher performance increases, the principal is able to communicate effectively with teachers, principals involve all interested parties in making decisions; (2) Policies that can be implemented by school principals to improve teacher performance, namely: establishing cooperative relationships with teachers, measuring teacher performance by looking at the abilities of their students, and paying attention to the methods teachers use to teach; (3) In improving teacher performance the principal of the MIN 15 Bintaro school seeks to improve the discipline and responsibility of teachers.

The progress of a nation is greatly influenced by the contribution to education. Education is expected to be able to make a truly intelligent society, so it will gives the nuances of intelligent life and will progressively shape independence. Such a nation community is a big investment to struggle out of the crisis in the face of a globalized world. In facing today's global world, the task of educators as professional teachers is not only to carry out learning in the classroom, but besides educating, nurturing and guiding the most important thing is to shape the personality of students who have the ability to prepare and develop themselves as critical and creative human resources. . most important is to educate and As educators, teachers convey knowledge and skills to students using certain methods so that knowledge or skills can belong to these students, therefore professional educators are educators who are always trying to improve their performance, by increasing their competence as educators. The embodiment of the competence of these educators is the responsibility of education, especially to prepare students to become intelligent and creative subjects in order to achieve maximum learning achievement. One indicator of the achievement of learning objectives can be identified by looking at the level of learning achievement obtained by students. Purwanto stated that learning achievement is a change in student behavior as a result of learning. The change in behavior was caused because he achieved the use of a number of materials provided in the teaching and learning process. This achievement is based on predetermined teaching objectives. The results can be in the form of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor changes.  

Character education aims to form better student character. Currently, character education is a major concern in the field of education. This is because awareness of human sensitivity and sensitivity to surrounding phenomena is decreasing. Integrating teaching literature with character education is one smart solution to instill character values ​​from an early age to students. Through literature, students can be routinely introduced to feelings, thoughts, and spiritual development, which will eventually form good behavior and habits in them. Teaching literature, either directly or indirectly, will help students increase their understanding of traditions in human life, increase their sensitivity to personal and social issues, and increase their knowledge of scientific and technological concepts.

Background : Bullying behavior is a crime committed by children, so this behavior is considered abnormal, because it will have a negative impact on the victim. Purpose : Community service activities in the form of group assistance aimed at reducing bullying behavior in students of SDN 1 Ketindan Lawang. Methods : The method offered for partner problems is activities in the form of counseling about bullying and group assistance to students who have a tendency to bullying behavior. The method of implementing community service is in the form of counseling and group mentoring methods consisting of 4 sessions. Result : The result of this community service activity is that partner groups can understand and identify bullying and partner groups can reduce bullying tendencies. Conclusion :Bullying tendencies can be prevented by providing an understanding and educational approach in the form of conditioning good behavior as early as possible for students.  

Social media is a digital platform that facilitates online social activities for users, including communication, interaction, and content creation such as writing, videos, or photos. Information shared on social media can reach a wide audience and be accessed by users globally within a short period, typically within 24 hours. Popular examples of social media platforms include Instagram and TikTok. This research is grounded in New Media theory and Social Learning Theory. These theories align with the hypothesis of the study, particularly in understanding digital data controlled by software, such as social media platforms, and how exposure to social media content can influence behavior, as outlined in the Social Learning Theory. The study focuses on observing imitative behavior among students at Al-Irsyad High School in Tegal City. The research adopts a quantitative approach, specifically descriptive research. Through data analysis, the researchers were able to confirm the hypothesis using the Pearson Product Moment Test or correlation analysis. The findings indicate a positive correlation with a strong degree of association, supporting the hypothesis.

This community service aims to increase students' awareness and understanding of the importance of clean and healthy life education (PHBS) at Inpres Kuprik Elementary School. PHBS is a concept that involves various healthy habits, such as washing hands, maintaining personal hygiene, and maintaining a clean environment. This service aims to provide socialization to students about PHBS and teach them practical steps to apply it in everyday life. The method used in this service is the delivery of PHBS material through lectures, group discussions, and direct practical activities. Students will be given an understanding of the importance of PHBS and the positive impact they will get if they adopt clean and healthy living habits. The expected results of this service are an increase in students' knowledge about PHBS and a change in behavior that leads to clean and healthy living habits. With this socialization, it is hoped that students will become agents of change who can influence their peers and the community around them to adopt clean and healthy living habits. In addition, this dedication is also expected to increase the participation of educators and parents of students in building a PHBS culture in schools and the surrounding environment. In conclusion, after this service has been done, students of Kuprik Elementary School are having understanding dan implementing the importance of PHBS in daily life.

The Internet, as a digital medium, has brought about various conveniences over time. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are commonly utilized for information seeking and sharing. Among the information disseminated on social media is the increasingly prevalent Covid-19 information from 2019 to 2021. Irresponsible individuals spread hoax information, leading audiences to trust such misinformation. Therefore, Communication Science students, who will enter the media realm, require proficient media literacy skills. This research employs descriptive methods to comprehend occurring phenomena, utilizing purposive sampling for informant selection. The study includes 184 respondents from the 2016-2019 student cohorts. Descriptive qualitative analysis, complemented by scale range conversion, is used to transform qualitative data into quantitative format. The research aims to assess Communication Science students' media literacy skills through the Individual Competence Framework, comprising technical skills, critical understanding, and communicative abilities. Findings indicate students' proficient use of computers and the Internet. While they comprehend social media content and functions well, improvements are needed in behavior and regulation. Additionally, enhancing communication and relationship-building skills on social networking sites, as well as community participation and content production through these platforms, is imperative, suggesting the necessity for further development.

Believers face challenges in educating the next generation of young people, in terms of forming and developing character. Character education is considered very important to be taught to believers from an early age because character education is a learning process to foster spiritual maturity in the form of Bible-based values, attitudes, and behaviors. The purpose of learning the values ​​of character education according to that is so that students have a mature personality in Christ. In 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 it describes love which has understanding and an explanation of character values. If the character is formed, it will greatly determine the character of the nation in the future. This research was conducted using qualitative methods or literature presented in the form of a biblical analysis of character education according to 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

The use of social media and the influence of peers can provide a lot of information to adolescents, both information that is good for adolescent development or information that has a negative impact on these adolescents. To find out the relationship between the use of social media and peers on sexual behavior in adolescents at SMA N 8 Jambi City in 2023. The method used in this study is a quantitative method. Determination of the sample using Simple Random Sampling with the Slovin formula obtained n = 77 respondents who were taken proportionally based on each class. Primary data obtained from distributing questionnaires. Data analysis was carried out using Univariate and Bivariate Analysis. 71.43% of the use of social media in adolescents at SMA N 8 Jambi City is categorized as medium, 18.18% is categorized as low, and 10.39% is categorized as high. 58.44% of peer influence on adolescents at SMA N 8 Jambi City is categorized as moderate, 37.66% is categorized as low, and 3.9% is categorized as high. 84.42% of adolescent sexual behavior at SMA N 8 Jambi City is generally categorized as not at risk and 15.58% is categorized as at risk. There is a relationship between the use of social media on sexual behavior in adolescents at SMA N 8 Jambi City in 2023 which is seen based on the p-value of 0.030 which is smaller than 0.05. There is a relationship between social media and peers on sexual behavior in adolescents at SMA N 8 Jambi City in 2023 which is seen based on a p-value of 0.034, less than 0.05. There is a relationship between social media and peers on sexual behavior in adolescents at SMA N 8 Jambi City in 2023. It is hoped that schools can provide guidance for students and provide learning related to sexual behavior so that students do not get information on wrong sexual behavior. Thus, teenagers can be more careful in socializing so as not to fall into negative things that can damage their life and future.

This community service activity was carried out by a Team of Lecturers and Students at the Faculty of Business at Mitra Indonesia University (UMITRA) Lampung for Students of Pelita Gedong Tataan Vocational School. This activity discusses increasing the understanding of financial literacy in Pelita Gedong Tataan Vocational School Students. This is done because financial literacy is very important to understand and apply in life, being one of the six basics of literacy. The goal is that every Pelita Gedong Tataan Vocational School student has an understanding of financial literacy that can be used not only at this time, but after they work and even have a household. The method used is socialization by providing motivation with lectures and discussions in the form of question and answer sessions. The results show that financial literacy is still a new knowledge for some students. Even though financial literacy greatly influences positive financial behavior and financial management itself. By participating in this activity, they hope to be able to increase financial literacy, and have an impact on good financial management and avoid various financial crimes.

The purpose of this article is to understand how important character education is for primary school students in the digital age. The phenomenon that occurs at this time is that students become easier to access information, thus causing the behavior of students who experience poor behavior. Because of that, education in Primary School needs to be balanced with character education. Character education is a process of moral and religious instillation that is given to students by way of teaching from now on, strengthening and behavioral development. The purpose of this article is to describe the education of the digital revolution era, to describe the importance of character education for Primary School students in the digital era and to describe how to implement the character education of Primary School students to face the digital era. The results of this study show that character education is important to show the degradation of character, morals and character in the digital age, so character education should be determined from today.

This study aims to describe the formation of student character through scout activities at Mts Almahfudz Sapuran Wonosobo. This research was conducted using field research using a qualitative descriptive approach, namely a research process that produces descriptive data in the form of statements and the results of interviews, observations, and documentation obtained directly from the field or research area. The results of this study were found in the formation of the character of class VII and VIII students who used the honor code learning model, which is a measure or standard of behavior for members of the Scout movement. In scouting learning a student is trained to become someone who has a leadership spirit and is based on the formation of self-character. As a member of Scouting, the values of a code of ethics and code of honor must be understood and understood by all members of the Scout Movement, they are expected to take an oath of scouting (scout promise) and be willing to carry out scout law (scout law). The words on the promise or the guiding oath or the law of guiding tri satya and keeping the dasa dharma. Thus the authors can conclude that there is influence in scout education in the formation of the character of class VII and VIII students at Mts Almahfudz Sapuran Wonosobo.