Strengthening of Digital Literacy to Support Student Community Service to Prevent Hoax and Cybercrime

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10.2991/978-2-494069-67-1_54How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Digital Literacy; Hoax; Cybercrime

Abstract

In 2021, the number of internet users in Indonesia increased to around 202.6 million people. Social media have 170 million users with an average of three hours a day accessing social media. This increasing number raises new problems in the digital world, such as hoaxes and cybercrime cases. Most students are generation Z which considers active users of the internet and social media. For them, the Internet and Social Media are a thing that is Taken for Granted. Students are an agent of change through community service. Student Community Service is a free and sincere activity of students to help the community to achieve a better life. Then, this generation is important for the development of Indonesia. The article aimed to discuss the efforts to prevent digital crime as an act of anticipation through the strengthening of digital literacy. Also, this article discusses younger generation students as technology-literate to prevent hoaxes and cybercrimes. The student is a motor to create an advanced civilization of the digital world. To achieve that purpose, the student's community service is needed. Students are very close to community service as they are the youth and the future of the nation. The explanation method was used in this article. The conclusion was the need to strengthen students on insights into Digital Skills, Digital Culture, Digital Ethics, and Digital Safety to support the student community service and contribute to creating a smart digital user community.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chusnu Syarifa Diah Kusuma
AU  - Riana Isti Muslikhah
AU  - Suhartanto
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/24
TI  - Strengthening of Digital Literacy to Support Student Community Service to Prevent Hoax and Cybercrime
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Education Research, and Innovation (ICERI 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 477
EP  - 487
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-67-1_54
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-67-1_54
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