MPR Invites Students To Use Social Media To Promote National Values

Head of the Reporting and Inter-Institutional Relations Section of the Secretariat General of the MPR RI Budi Muliawan/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Head of the Reporting and Inter-Institutional Relations Section of the Secretariat General of the MPR RI Budi Muliawan invites students to use social media as an activity that provides added value, one of which is to revive the spirit and national values. invigorate national values, such as unity, mutual cooperation, and the practice of Pancasila values," said Budi Muliawan in his statement in Jakarta, Monday, July 11. Independence" at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Humanities and Culture, KH Oesman Mansoer Building, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University (UIN Maliki), Malang City, East Java.Muliawan said students should be able to use social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram , Tiktok, Youtube, and other platforms, to spread the noble values of the nation. This, according to him, is because students are agents of change who have challenges according to their era. He assesses the role of students in the nation's history since 1908, to be precise on May 20, with the establishment of the Budi Utomo youth organization which was founded by students of the School tot Opleiding van Inlandsche Artsen (STOVIA). ) as the beginning of the national revival.

"The struggle that initially relied on physical resistance, then involved diplomatic politics, the enthusiasm of the youth and students in 1908, continued on October 28, 1928 when the Second Youth Congress that gave birth to the Youth Pledge. Youth organizations from various ethnicities and religions pledged to shed blood, speak, and and one nation, Indonesia," he explained. In the history of the nation's journey, he continued, students have many roles, namely not only laying the foundation of national unity, but also other roles in society as moral strength, social control, agents of change, and guardians of values. Of the five roles, students are the future successors of the nation who can still voice the truth in society. He added that in the midst of the current advances in information technology, students must take part in responding to the challenges of the digital era. "Students must be able to adapt to changes and not being dragged along by the currents of the times, making useful innovations, providing education and positive invitations through social media, and fighting fake news or hoaxes," he said. Order into a new way. The characteristics of the era of disruption are characterized by rapid changes with patterns that are difficult to predict, causing uncertainty, the complexity of the relationship between the factors that cause change, and the lack of clarity in the direction of change that causes ambiguity. Also attending the workshop were Plt. Deputy for Administration of the Secretariat General of the MPR Siti Fauziah, Deputy Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training at UIN Maliki Marno, and the Head of the Public Relations, Documentation, and Publication Sub-Division of UIN Maliki Fathul Ulum.