
Application of Palembang City Info as a Sharing Media of Urban Information in Palembang City
Author(s) -
Alfred Tenggono,
Nurwanto Fariadi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1361/1/012081
Subject(s) - social media , mainstream , internet privacy , event (particle physics) , computer science , android (operating system) , world wide web , information sharing , advertising , business , political science , physics , quantum mechanics , law , operating system
Information technology advancement had become a primary need for the use of smartphones in society. The use of smartphones in society was generally used to interact on social media such as: Facebook, Instagram, Path, etc., and the applications of message exchanged such as: WhatsApp, Telegram, Blackberry Messenger, etc. The amount of social media users in Indonesia made people not only used mainstream news media as a news reference, but also people tended to make social media as a reference in searching for information. Information which was often shared by social media was information which related to urban problems such as traffic congestion, traffic accidents, criminal acts, loss, and events which took place in a city. Answering the urban problems which occur, society needed an Android based mobile application which ccould be used to share information about events that happened. With this application, users could find out various information about the activities that happened in Palembang city in real-time. This application allowed users to convey information in real-time if the users found something or lost something, both goods and people, and this application allowed event makers and community to promote program or community they made easily, so that other users could also search and come easily to the event or community place held.