Published: 2026-08-01

Mekanisme Pengambilan Keputusan Calon Mahasiswa melalui Ulasan Online: Peran Rute Sentral dan Rute Periferal

DOI: 10.35870/jemsi.v12i4.6664

Soraya Asnusa, Herlina Herlina, Bandarsyah Bandarsyah
  • Soraya Asnusa: Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya
  • Herlina Herlina: Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya
  • Bandarsyah Bandarsyah: Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya
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Abstract

Online reviews are important information in promoting universities digitally to prospective students by using the concept of the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) through the central route and the peripheral route to produce the desired goal, namely to analyze the extent to which online reviews influence prospective students' decisions in choosing and registering to a university, and to distinguish the mechanisms of influence based on the information processing path through these two routes. The method used is quantitative with a sampling technique using purposive sampling that has attributes that lead to the characteristics of the subject to obtain primary data through an online survey that will be distributed through a questionnaire using Google Forms, where the data obtained will be processed using Smart-PLS 4.0. The results obtained are an influence between the consistency of information on the decision to choose a university and there is an influence of source credibility on the decision to choose a university so that the formation of a central route from the results of the influence of information consistency on the decision to choose a university and a peripheral route is obtained from the influence of credibility on the decision to choose a university.

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Central Route; Peripheral Route; Information Consistency; Source Credibility; Choice Decision

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Asnusa, S., Herlina, H., & Bandarsyah, B. (2026). Mekanisme Pengambilan Keputusan Calon Mahasiswa melalui Ulasan Online: Peran Rute Sentral dan Rute Periferal. JEMSI (Jurnal Ekonomi, Manajemen, Dan Akuntansi), 12(4), 3586-3597. https://doi.org/10.35870/jemsi.v12i4.6664
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Soraya Asnusa, Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya
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Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya, Indonesia.

Herlina Herlina, Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya
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Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya, Indonesia.

Bandarsyah Bandarsyah, Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya
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Fakultas Desain, Hukum Dan Pariwisata, Institut Informatika Dan Bisnis Darmajaya, Indonesia.

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