Social Media Culture In The Digital Age, Social Media Ethics Is Prioritized

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JAKARTA - On Wednesday 16 February, KOMINFO RI, DPR RI, and BAKTI KOMINFO held a Seminar on Knitting the Archipelago with the theme of Digital Media Culture. This seminar was filled by several speakers and presenters.

It started with remarks from DPR Member Alimin Abdullah, then there was a professor of communication at the Airlangga University, namely Prof. Dr. Henri Subiakto and Syukri Rifai as the third speaker who is a teacher and communication practitioner.

Alimin Abdullah delivered an introduction and touched on the theme of the seminar. He appealed that as social media users we must be civilized and together take care of each other.

"I hope that participants will be able and gain knowledge after attending this seminar," said Alimin.

Then the second speaker was filled by Prof. Dr. Henri Subiakto. He conveyed about the phenomena that occur in the current digital era.

According to him, everyone can be a politician, journalist, provocateur and others on social media.

"There are so many internet users in Indonesia passing by sending messages to several social media and there are also messages accusing each other and attacking each other out there. During a pandemic like this, the use of the internet is increasing and getting more intense and there are more conflicts. This is where ethics is needed. in using the internet," said Henri.

"Maybe before the digital era we were confused about how to socialize, but because of this digital distance, we can still socialize. Even though social media is not only negative for conflict, because we can learn," he explained.

Henri appealed for ethics in social media to be prioritized. Think of the people out there as ourselves.

"If we want to be respected then respect other people, if we don't want to be insulted then don't insult them, various people out there then we have to respect them, don't let us bump into them, we have to be careful because there are also digital footprints," he explained. Henry.

"And learn more about the internet world, be careful with the links out there because there are many hacker, fraudulent and unofficial applications that have many victims now. Learning about the ITE Law, there are several ITE prohibitions, namely prohibiting doing evil using ITE and prohibiting evil against ITE," he concluded.