Use of Communication and Information Media in the Implementation of National Development Programs in Indonesia

Abstract

The role of communication media in national development is as an agent of renewal or to help introduce social change. The role of information technology in the field of communication is very large, because in the presence of supporting information, effective communication will be created, and with the progress of both fields, development will progress. This study aims to: (1) describe the characteristics of a digital era society that uses communication media, (2) describe the relationship between communication media and national development, and (3) describe the opportunities and challenges that arise in the digital era society, and (4) describe efforts that must be made in the digital era. This research method is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. The researcher was carried out by collecting data in accordance with existing events. Then the data was analyzed by collecting data, reducing data, presenting data and then drawing conclusions or verification. The results of the study showed that national development in Indonesia will be realized well if there is a communication and information media in the form of a social network that is used by the community correctly, ethically and can be accounted for its truth. Development information can reach the wider community through cooperation between the community and the local government, namely by holding counseling in all places where the community is evenly distributed.