Abstrak
The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of the internet as a medium of communication in the lecture process in the modernization era when the co-19 pandemic of Batam State Polytechnic students. This study uses the theory uses and gratification from Joseph B. Walther. This research method uses qualitative research methods with a transcendental phenomenological study approach. The subjects of this study were Batam State Polytechnic students who were conducting online lectures due to the impact of Covid-19 as many as 5 (five) people found through snowball sampling. Data collection through interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis using data triangulation analysis was performed on one student of Sultan Agung University of Semarang and one student of Sari Mutiara University of Medan . The results showed that the role of the internet as a medium of communication for the modernization of Batam State Polytechnic students was very helpful during the co-19 pandemic. However, in addition to the many benefits of internet media in the modernization era there are also obstacles that occur such as difficulty in getting a network, limited costs to buy internet quotas, material provided by lecturers is difficult to understand, and so forth.