Self-Disclosure of Adolescent Girls on TikTok Social Media

Social media TikTok is a social media that is loved these days and in the usage often found individuals that conduct a self-disclosure. Self-disclosure on this social media is done by video that contain text, picture, or music. The purpose of this research is to know how self-disclosure of adolescent girls on TikTok social media. This research is using qualitative approach with descriptive research methods. Subject in this research are adolescent girls (age between 17-18 years old), and object in this research are self-disclosure on TikTok social media. This research is using the concept of self-disclosure and social media theory. Data collection method is done by interview, observation, documentation, and literature study. The results of this research are that individuals conduct a self-disclosure on TikTok social media in a descriptive and evaluative manner with the intention of expressing themselves, sharing experiences, and getting input from others. Factors that trigger individuals to conduct a self-disclosure on TikTok social media are a feeling of comfort and the presence of other individuals who do the same thing on this social media. In self-disclosure, individuals have a limitation of information shared on social media because there is a privacy that can't be disclosed.