PERILAKU MEBOYA DALAM KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL PADA MASYARAKAT DESA BANYUASRI KABUPATEN BULELENG (STUDI DI DESA BANYUASRI KABUPATEN BULELENG)

Meboya or in Indonesian terms often termed as skepticism, has a close relationship with the attitude of doubt towards everything. There are two sides shown in meboya behavior. The first side or situation, a situation where the predicate meboya will be given to parties who carry out activities or attitudes that reject co-optation, argue, disagree, resistance and show resistance. The second side, a situation where the meboya predicate will also be given to parties who are spreading lies, agitative and provocative as a form of effort to instill cooptation and influence. On this basis, this research was conducted, the aim is to find out how meboya behavior in interpersonal communication situations.

This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive type and case study research basis. Data collection techniques in this study used interviews and observations, with nine research informants who used purposive sampling techniques. The data analysis used used the concept of analysis from Robert K. Yin, namely pattern matching, and making explanations.

As a result of this study, the researcher concluded that meboya behavior in interpersonal communication is a person's behavior that shows an attitude of rejecting, lying, and underestimating in an informal way of communicating. The purpose of meboya behavior in communication is to seek the truth of information, defend oneself, defend one's opinion, intimidate the interlocutor, get attention and support, and entertain.