Libri-Net
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Vol. 3 / No. 1 / Published : 2014-01
Order : 9, and page :156 - 176
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Original Article :
Aktivitas penggunaan internet di kalangan remaja sebagai bagian dari budaya informas
Author :
- Eka Cahya Garfiantama*1
- Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
Abstract :
The technological acheivement in communications and informations in this millenium era, supported by the rise of IT based infrastructure (internet) made it so that the information and communication product rise to be more advanced, in addition to the significant rise of the amount of internet users over the years. Those two things play the role of the advancement of information culture in the people. The usage of cellphones, smartphones, Tablet PCs, and laptop are a commonplace for peoples especially in the cities. With those devices they did communication (call, SMS, social networking), finding information and news, doing banking activities, paying the bills, playing games, doing business transactions, and many more. Teens of Junior and Senior High School of Indonesia now can’t refuse of using the IT devices due to their ease they will not anymore need printed dictions, literatures, science journals and newspaper clippings in the library to finish their science projects and school assignments. Only by typing and touching the screens of smartphones, cellphones, tablet PCs, and laptops, also putting up search keywords online, they can find millions of informations that they want. Also they can do communication with everyone to the international sector, finding entertainment such as musics, video, games, or buying products online. All of this can be done everywhere, anytime withoout the need to actually go out and/or while doing something else. This research is done on purpose of describing the activities of internet usage as part of information culture that is on the rise in the teenager’s peers that is also being used by teenagers to access internet also fulfilling many other needs.
Keyword :
Internet, Information Culture, r, Four Dimensions of Internet Usage. ,
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