Jurnal Spektrum Komunikasi (JSK) Vol. (11), No. (2), June 2023, pp. 234 – 243 eISSN 2621 – 8712 | pISSN 2338-0861 234 W: http://spektrum.stikosa-aws.ac.id/index.php/spektrum | E: spektrum@stikosa-aws.ac.id DIGITAL COMMUNICATION PATTERNS OF MILENIAL EXTENSIONS AND FARMERS IN YOGYAKARTA (DIY) POST PANDEMI COVID-19 Ririn Puspita Tutiasri 1,* , Kusumajanti 2 , Aulia Rahmawati 3 , Syafrida Nurrachmi Febriyanti 4 , Dian Hutami Rahmawati 5 1,3,4,5 Communication Studies Department, Universitas Pembangunan Veteran, Jawa Timur, 2 Communication Department, UPN “Veteran” Jakarta 1 ririn_puspita.ilkom@upnjatim.ac.id*; 2 kusumajanti@upnvj.ac.id; 3 aulia_rahmawati.ilkom@up njatim.ac.id, 4 syafrida_nurrachmi.ilkom@upnjatim.ac.id, 5 dian.hutami.ilkom@upnjatim.ac.id * corresponding author 1. Introduction Post-covid-19 pandemic communication patterns between agricultural extension workers and millennial farmers are interesting to study, this is due to changes in the way of ABSTRACT Article history Received : May 15, 2023 Revised : June 15, 2023 Accepted : June 16, 2023 This study examines the communication patterns made by agricultural extension agents for the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) with millennial farmers after the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 outbreak has changed the way we communicate, especially the use of communication media. Progress Technology also has an impact on social development communication in an area. A very real change can be seen by keeping a distance when carrying out communications and activities. Everyone is forced by circumstances to be able to use communication media, namely gadgets as a communication tool. The words of millennial farmers began to be heard at the beginning of the pandemic, where members of these millennial farmers were different from previous farmers, namely farmers who were media literate and able to adapt quickly to circumstances. Many social media applications are used to communicate during a pandemic, and these millennial farmers choose applications that facilitate their communication. Collecting data in this study using interviews, observation, documentation, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Data analysis techniques used with qualitative descriptions. Research informants consisted of extension workers and millennial farmers from four districts and one city, namely Kulonprogo, Bantul, Gunung Kidul, Sleman, and Yogyakarta City. The results of the study show that there has been a change in the pattern of communication carried out by extension workers with post- pandemic millennial farmers, due to the use of technology. After the Covid-19 pandemic, information was digitized for farmer groups, they used information technology to communicate. The pattern of farmer communication during the post-pandemic period has also changed, where millennial farmers play a role in coordinating information This is an open access article under the CC–BY-SA license. Keywords Communication Patterns Millennial farmer Post Pandemi Covid-19 DIY