Students’ Digital Media Literacy: Effects on Social Character
Tetep1, Asep Suparman2
1Tetep, Institut Pendidikan Indonesia.
2Asep Suparman, Institut Pendidikan Indonesia.
Manuscript received on 16 October 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 22 October 2019 | Manuscript Published on 02 November 2019 | PP: 394-399 | Volume-8 Issue-2S9 September 2019 | Retrieval Number: B10910982S919/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1091.0982S919
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Abstract: The development of digital technology in the era of the industrial revolution 4.0 requires today’s younger generations to demonstrate media literacy. It is often the case that cyber-crime happens among teenagers because they are misinformed. This study measures students’ media literacy using individual competence framework which include technical skills, critical understanding, and communicative abilities. Respondents were 100 university undergraduate students in Indonesia selected randomly. The results showed that 60-80% respondents demonstrated medium level technical skills, 80-90% of them have low critical understanding, and 45% of them displayed medium communicative abilities. In addition, media literacy was found to significantly influence students’ social character as much as 49%. The finding of this study implies the need for literacy education is imminent because low media literacy may lead to low social character.
Keywords: Media Literacy; Individual Competence Framework; Social Character.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences