Digital Culture Towards Information Society (Case Study of Collaboration Between CIG and ICT Volunteers)
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200818.034How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- digital culture, CIG, ICT volunteer, information society
- Abstract
According to the agreement of The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Indonesian government encourages community empowerment through the mastery of information and communication technology (ICT) skills. The partnership was developed between Community Information Group (CIG) and Information and Communication Technology Volunteer (ICT Volunteer) to carry out digital literacy to create a superior society. Superior society is skilled in utilizing ICT as a form of sustainable development towards a prosperous society. This study was aimed at finding the activities of CIG and ICT Volunteers to pursue digital literacy towards the Indonesian information communities. This research used information society theory, with an interpretive approach. The research method used was in the form of case study. The research resulted in that an information society was built based on Indonesian local values like harmonious (guyub), voluntary (sukarela) and sincere (ikhlas). The model of digital culture through collaboration between CIG and ICT Volunteers showed that a change in people’s lives, especially in the use of information that has economic value. The digital technology is used as an effort to improve the welfare of people’s lives. The society is increasingly aware of the importance of using the digital technology in improving welfare.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Manik Sunuantari AU - Erna Febriani AU - Irwa R Zarkasi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/08/19 TI - Digital Culture Towards Information Society (Case Study of Collaboration Between CIG and ICT Volunteers) BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 147 EP - 151 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200818.034 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200818.034 ID - Sunuantari2020 ER -