Digital Literacy vs Nomophobia: Which One is More Dominant in Online Learning?

Abstract

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning system has changed to online learning. This condition makes students have to use digital devices, even with a more intense frequency. Digital literacy is known to be the key to success in online learning. While nomophobia is a threat on the other hand. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a comparative study of the level of digital literacy and nomophobia in students as participants in online learning. This study is a descriptive with a quantitative approach. The study was carried out in 3 stages, namely (1) preparation of instruments for measuring digital literacy and nomophobia, (2) data collection, and (3) measuring digital literacy and nomophobia. Respondents of this study were 234 students of University of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya and several other universities who are participants in online learning. The results showed that most of the respondents had high levels of digital literacy and nomophobia. There are no respondents who are not nomophobic and have a low level of digital literacy. So it can be concluded that online learning has the opportunity to increase digital literacy, but on the other hand there is also a threat of increasing nomophobia.