- 30/11/2018
- Categories: Commentaries, Press Release
SiBerkreasi Netizen Fair 2018 was held on November 23-24, 2018 at Southeast Plaza, Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta as the culmination event of national digital literacy movement in Indonesia called SiBerkreasi. This was the second time after last year for the first time Indonesia had Netizen Fair and became successful. This year, SiBerkreasi chose the theme Make Social Media Great Again with the slogan #JempolPositif or #PositiveThumb
The main purpose of the natizen fair is to improve the awareness of the society about the importance of digital literacy, particularly with the increasing of social media usage in Indonesia. The development of social media usage should go along with digital literacy so it might prevent chaos happen such as the outspread of hoax, hate speech, and cyber crime. With the slogan #JempolPositif, it is expected that people are having more awareness to use social media for positive stuffs and spread kindness, not to cause clutter in cyberspace and real life.
SiBerkreasi Netizen Fair 2018 was enlivened by eight talkshows, 21 workshop classes, and 70 interactive booths that all related to digital literacy. Beside that, SiBerkreasi Netizen Fair 2018 also invited public figure, government’s leader, internet experts or practitioners, and social media influencers to exchange and share thought, and give inspiration for wide community about digital literacy issues in Indonesia.
CfDS (Center for Digital Society) as one of the supporting partner of SiBerkreasi since 2017 in academic field, this time took part in SiBerkreasi Netizen Fair 2018 by holding interactive booth. The Booth of CfDS was at the zone digital lifestyle considering the (research) focus of CfDS that is about digital society.
The booth offers interactive games by using wheel of fortune that engage visitors to learn and understand more about digital issues such as IoT (Internet of Things), cybersecurity, digital lifestyle, election and social media. The booth was crowded by visitors that vary from kids, youth, and adolescence who have interest and willing to learn about digital issue around us. CfDS has already taken part in the effort to improve digital literacy in Indonesia through our research and event. The booth at SiBerkreasi Netizen Fair 2018 is another mean from CfDS to campaign the importance of digital literacy for community from various groups.
Reporter: Stefani Dyah
