Description:
Introduction: Self actualization, career and professional demands sometimes require a person to pursue further
studies at a higher level for both men and women. A woman who is married and has children and studying a
doctorate abroad, certainly faces a complicated situation relating to eastern and patrilineal cultures that are
identical to the roles and responsibilities of mothers in domestic affairs and parenting. In carrying out the role,
required high quality communication by media with spouses and children when being separated residence
during a relatively long study and with a long distance location.The aimed of this study was to know how the
uses of social media as ellectonically mediated interpersonal communication (EMIC) on commuter marriage
family at Doctoral Women Student in Aboard. Methodology: This study qualitative approach with
phenomenology studies. Study done by depth interview by interview guide. Subject of this study was 4 (four)
respondents whose marriage, have children and studied doctorate at Aboard, in Australia, America, and Europe
Findings: The result of this study was found that the respondent used Social Media to Comunicate with their
family, especially by WhatsApp, line, facebook and skype.The most of respondents has enough skills of both
sender and reveiver for electonic message. The most of responden also has enough of communication richness,
communication speed and presence. Social media also augment family communication by providing
opportunities for social support beyond family members. The responden also could kept maintaining the role of
a mother and reduce the loneliness feeling and also guilty feeling by video call and social media chatting.
Contribution: The contribution of this study was to gave recomendation to some mother whose in commuter
marriage to escalate the skills of familly communication trough social media so they could still run the role of
mother and wife as much as they could.
Keywords: Social Media, Ellectonically Mediated Interpersonal Communication (EMIC),
Commuter Marriage, Family Communication, Parenting, Penomenology.