Generation Z and Cyberspace: The Challenge of Environmental Development in Indonesia

Fadhiilatun Nisaa; Wan Asrida; Wazni Azwar; Ali Yusri; Adlin Adlin

doi:10.2991/978-2-38476-194-4_12

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Generation Z and Cyberspace: The Challenge of Environmental Development in Indonesia

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Fadhiilatun Nisaa¹, Wan Asrida¹, Wazni Azwar¹^{, *}, Ali Yusri¹, Adlin Adlin¹

¹Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia

^*Corresponding author. Email: wazniazwar@lecturer.unri.ac.id

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Wazni Azwar

Available Online 19 January 2024.

DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-194-4_12 How to use a DOI?
Keywords: Generation Z; Cyberspace; environmental awareness; regulation; environmental politics
Abstract: Environmental awareness of Generation Z is interesting to be researching for supporting sustainable development. Generation Z (GenZ) was born between 1997 – 2012, has a character that likes technology, is flexible and tolerant of cultural differences. Generation Z is globally connected and networked in virtual worlds as well. However, this generation is likes instant culture and is less sensitive to private essences because they constantly upload their lives on social media. They are in a life between cyberspace and reality. GenZ has strong motivation in these two areas of life. The population of GenZ in Indonesia, based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2020, is 27.94%. It is interesting that they participate actively in politics, but Generation Z's interest in reading is less than 11 percent. First, GenZ and its digital world or cyberspace pose new challenges in Indonesia based on 278 respondents from genZ as respondents. Second, GenZ Pandawara Group successes developing environmental awareness. This study refers to the policy directions and strategies of government in improving environmental awareness.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Social and Politics (ICSP 2023)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 19 January 2024
ISBN: 10.2991/978-2-38476-194-4_12
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-2-38476-194-4_12 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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