Abstract:
This research aimed to 1) study the state of media creation by online influencers on home economics handicrafts, 2) analyze the relationship between characteristic factors and communication strategies in the development of media on home economics handicrafts by online influencers, and 3) develop forms of media on home economics handicrafts. This was the quantitative research. The sample group was YouTube followers on home economics handicrafts, totaling 6 pages, followers ranging from 71,000 to 473,000 people who had visited online media on home economics handicrafts at least 3 times. By using Krejcie and Morgan's random tables
at 95 percent of confidence level, and the error level was ±5 percent. The sample group consisted of 402 people using a random sampling method. The tool used was a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis.
According to the results of the research objective 1: the state of media creation by online influencers on home economics handicrafts, found that 1) the state of viewing media on home economics handicrafts through online influencers found that viewers were mostly females aged 30 - 39 years, choosing to view handicrafts made from leftover materials, on the topics of ecorations such as paper flowers, mobile decors through YouTube by taking about 5 - 10 minutes at a time, and often watched at home 1 - 2 times a week between 16:01 - 20:00. Most of them considered selecting media from the creativity aspect, 2) the importance level of characteristics of online influencers that affected the viewing of media on home economics handicrafts was at a high level and the trust aspect had the highest average, and 3) the importance level of factors in the communication strategies of online influencers that affected the viewing of media on home economics handicrafts was at a high level and the content aspect had the highest average. For the results of the research objective 2: the relationship between characteristics factors and communication strategies in developing media on home economics handicrafts through online influencers, found that all 5 variables on the characteristics factors of online influencers were able to predict the communication strategies of online influencers with statistically significant at the 0.05 level. It had the predictive power of approximately 66.30 percent. In terms of strategic factors of online influencers, 5 variables were able to predict the characteristics of online influencers with statistically significant at the 0.05 level. It had a predictive power of approximately 64.10 percent. For the results of the research objective 3: development of the forms of media on home economics handicrafts from the research results above, found that the researcher had created YouTube media on home economics handicrafts on the topic of creating a wreath from lottery paper with creative pattern using the technique of visual narration, length 5.07 minute, posted on 3 YouTube pages for a period of 2 weeks, with a total of 299 viewers, 92 likes, 95 followers, and 1 person giving advice or inquiring.