Open AccessSustainability of digital literacy among youth in Palembang City
Author(s) -
Mentari Wulan Dwi,
Maria Puspitasari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/716/1/012097
Subject(s) - social media , digital media , media literacy , digital literacy , qualitative research , public relations , sustainability , literacy , psychology , information literacy , sociology , data collection , medical education , political science , social science , pedagogy , computer science , world wide web , medicine , ecology , biology
The phenomenon of using social media as online media has become increasingly massive in this decade. Young people as digital native generation are the biggest users in the use of social media today. Research on digital literacy is still rarely carried out, especially in Indonesia. The subjects of this study were young people aged 16-30 years who were active users of social media. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method and use interview and document review as data collection techniques. The informants who were used as research samples were 15 young people. The findings obtained in this study indicate the importance of sustainable digital literacy in the from of activity programs that have a positive impact on knowledge, understanding and skills in using media, especially social media, which is currently often used as a source of information by young people as audiences. This program provides a significant contribution to the dissemination of information in using social media, which is used by young people to made them have the awareness in using the media. The participants provided the understanding and skill in using social media wisely, but in fact the program is not enough, still need a continuous program after. Therefore digital literacy need to involve civil society to make people responsible to the goodness of society.