Urgency Of Digital Literation in the Central Segregation Of Viral Journalism Versus Data Journalism

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10.2991/assehr.k.200818.052How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Segregation, Viral Journalism, Data Journalism, Media Literacy

Abstract

Based on statistical data, in 2018 the number of online media in Indonesia reached 43,000 and only around 2,400 have been successfully verified by the Press Council. The proliferation of online media in this digital era has created segregation or gaps that have given rise to new challenges in the world of journalism, namely the struggle for the existence of data journalism and viral journalism in Indonesia. “Euphoria of viral journalism is represented by the collective inability to distinguish between informative and speculative; between proportional and excessive; between those containing lies and those that are worth considering, “said Tom Nicholas in The Death of Expertise (2017). [1] In the midst of the intense battles of the two new schools of journalism, the public especially millennial generation needs to be equipped with sufficient media literacy education to avoid the biased information presented by viral journalism which among its features and characteristics is to prioritize aspects of speed over accuracy, sensationalism and often twisting issues. This study portrays digital literacy education efforts carried out by the Office of Communication and Information (Diskominfo) of Bandung City under the direction of the Mayor of Bandung Oded M Danial. Using qualitative methods, the authors maximize primary and secondary data and conduct in-depth observations and interviews with a number of informants such as the Mayor of Bandung, the Head of the Office of Communication and Information Technology, and several education participants.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muchsin al-Fikri
AU  - Sandra Irawaty
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/19
TI  - Urgency Of Digital Literation in the Central Segregation Of Viral Journalism Versus Data Journalism
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 227
EP  - 230
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200818.052
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200818.052
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