Instagram posts by pesantren are very high but replies and reactions to followers' comments are still very low, as an indicator that communication between pesantren and their public is not a two-way dialogue. This study aims to evaluate dialogic communication of pesantren in East Java, Indonesia in building public relationships via Instagram. A quantitative approach with content analysis methods is used to measure dialogic communication of pesantren on Instagram with four principles, namely the information of interest to public, the generation of return visits, the conservation of visitors and the dialogic loop. The sample was determined using purposive sampling by identifying and verifying official Instagram accounts of pesantren that had a minimum of 15 posts on June and 15 posts on July 2023. Data analysis used frequency distribution to exmine the frequency of posts. 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Author Biography
Mohammad Luthfi, Department of Communication, Universitas Darussalam Gontor, 63471, Ponorogo, Indonesia
