Akomodasi Komunikasi Antarbudaya Pengungsi Afghanistan dengan Masyarakat di Kota Medan

Abstract

This research is entitled "Accommodation of Intercultural Communication of Afghan Refugees with Communities in Medan City". This study aims to determine the process of accommodation of intercultural communication between Afghan refugees and the people of Medan City, the obstacles experienced and efforts to overcome the existing obstacles. The theory used is Intercultural Communication, Cultural Acculturation and Communication Accommodation. This research method is descriptive qualitative. The main informants in this study were refugees from Afghanistan and triangulation informants, namely employees of the My Mansion shelter and Immigration employees of class 1 specifically for TPI Medan. The data collection techniques of this research are interviews, observation and documentation studies. The data analysis technique uses the stages proposed by Miles, Huberman and Saldana, namely the data condensation stage, the data presentation stage and the conclusion drawing stage. The results showed that the process of accommodation of intercultural communication between Afghan refugees and the people in Medan City was carried out through a strategy of convergence or divergence, while excessive accommodation was not found. The obstacles they experience are communicating both verbally and nonverbally, especially the use of Indonesian language and the efforts used to overcome these obstacles are improving Indonesian language skills such as taking Indonesian language classes, using google translate, making friends with local residents so that it is easy to absorb local culture.