Constructing Alternative Digital Media in Educating Gender Literacy to High School Students

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10.2991/978-2-38476-016-9_21How to use a DOI?

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digital media; gender literacy; media; literacy; adolescent

Abstract

Over the last one year, Indonesia is struggling to find solutions to COVID-19 pandemic which is raising many social problems. Violence against women cases have significantly raised during the pandemic which reached to 299.911 cases in 2020 according to National Commission Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), some of the victims are adolescent. In order to understand this issue, the research focused on gender literacy from the high school student’s point of view. Based on the digital society framework, the aim of present study was to identify the existing digital media to educate gender literacy to adolescent and to construct the alternative media to educate gender literacy mainly for the adolescent. The research used case study method which undertook a series of in-depth interviews and participatory group approach of high school students. 40 high school students were selected from public school, private school, and vocational school in West Java and East Java provinces. The result shows the present digital media focuses on gender literacy is still limited in terms of content and targeted audience; the need of collaboration of educating gender literacy without any prejudice within school setting; and the urgency to develop an effective alternative digital media that using simple words, non-gender bias content, attractive visual design, and more interactivity.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nindi Aristi
AU  - Preciosa Alnashava Janitra
AU  - Puji Prihandini
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/18
TI  - Constructing Alternative Digital Media in Educating Gender Literacy to High School Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Research in Communication and Media (ICORCOM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 212
EP  - 219
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-016-9_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-016-9_21
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