Pemahaman Literasi Digital bagi Remaja Panti Asuhan Komunitas Anak Maria Immaculata (KAMI) Bekasi

Abstract

The younger generation need to increase their digital literacy if they want to succeed in the globalization era. Information has become easier to obtain and more abundant as a result of the availability of equipment and technology. Without supervision from older people, the teenagers at the Maria Immaculata Children's Community (KAMI) Orphanage in Bekasi are vulnerable to being exposed to harmful negative information. Therefore, lecturers and students of the Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi dan Sekretari Tarakanita (Tarakanita School of Communication and Secretarial Studies) conducted Digital Literacy Understanding Training with the goal of providing participants with knowledge and insight to help them manage the information they receive more wisely. The method used is the presentation of materials and training on how to obtain information and manage it wisely so as to produce useful information. This short training did not completely change the mindset of all participants regarding the information received. However, most of the participants started to understand the importance of digital literacy for them. Clarification of information by comparing the information received with other similar information is one of the things that increases understanding of digital literacy.