Open AccessDIGITAL MEDIA USE OF GENERATION Z DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Author(s) -
Fiona Suwana,
Alila Pramiyanti,
Ira Dwi Mayangsari,
Reni Nuraeni,
Yasinta Darin Firdaus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal sosioteknologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2443-258X
DOI - 10.5614/sostek.itbj.2020.19.3.2
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , preference , digital media , indonesian , social media , internet privacy , psychology , advertising , business , medicine , computer science , world wide web , virology , mathematics , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This study examines the depth (frequency), and width (different types) of digital media use about COVID-19 pandemic by Indonesian Gen Z. Participants come from several regions and consist of Gen Z who were born between 1995-2010. A survey towards 326 participants found that WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube are platforms that were used by Gen Z in their daily life. Meanwhile, this generation chose WhatsApp as the platform to share information on COVID-19 and other platforms like Instagram and Twitter to receive and post information, image, video, opinion, and personal experiences related to COVID-19. Finding also shows that in daily life, the participants can be categorised as heavy users because they spent more than four hours a day to use digital media. In contrast, they only spent less than an hour per day to find and share information about COVID-19. Therefore, this study argues that there are differences in media preference between daily life and toward COVID-19 pandemic information.