The digital media literacy level of the youth in Majene regency and its relationship with the hierarchy of regional development

Abstract

Residents of Majene Regency especially young people today like to access information sites on the internet so digital media literacy skills were needed among young people. The research aims (1) to review and describe the digital media literacy level in the Majene Regency and (2) to review and describe the relationship of digital media literacy level and regional hierarchy development of Majene Regency. The research was classified as explanatory research with a quantitative approach. Determination of samples by probability sampling. Data were collected with a questionnaire and document study method. The data were then analyzed using the scoring method with Likert’s scale and scalogram analysis with Gutmann’s scale. The research results indicated that in general digital media literacy’s young level in the Majene Regency was classified as moderate, the capacity of their technical skills was categorized as high, their critical understanding capacity, as well as their communicative abilities, were categorized as moderate. The correlation between the development of the Majene Regency area the literacy level of the youth has a significant correlation. The regions which have a higher hierarchy in digital media literacy of the youth would be categorized as high, while the regions which had a lower hierarchy in digital media literacy would be categorized as low.