Rural Teenagers Reorientation Toward Technology in Gresik, East Java

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10.2991/978-2-38476-008-4_21How to use a DOI?

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Reorientation; Teenagers; Family; Technology

Abstract

Nowadays, the use of internet and technology is getting more massive. Kominfo and APJII in 2010 found that there were 40 million of the internet user in Indonesia and 64% of them were adolescence. Early adolescence is characterized by emotional instability and weak self-regulation and control. This condition is a worrying symptom for the family because adolescence dependence on technology results in adolescence being less concerned about family matters. This research was conducted to describe the orientation of rural adolescence to technology. This research used qualitative method and the data were collected in Delegan, Panceng, Gresik. This research used adolescences as subjects of the research who were dependent from technology, parents, and other figures. The subjects were chosen purposively. This research used the primer data that were collected from observation and depth-interview. The seconder data were collected from literature study. For the data analysis, this research used interactive technic from Miles and Huberman. The rural adolescence reorientation to the technology was caused by the influence of friends and the situation of learning online due the Covid-19 pandemic. The using of gadget for adolescences while the lack of parents’ supervision could lead them to the negative effects. One of the effects was the gadget addictive. It could be stated that rural adolescences reorientation to technology can also cause the dysfunction of family. Consequently, parents’ supervision is needed to watch adolescences behavior in using their gadget and parents’ love and care can be a solution in changing their behavior.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Ilyas Marzuqi
AU  - Ali Imron
AU  - Moch Anan Charismadeyanto
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/03/19
TI  - Rural Teenagers Reorientation Toward Technology in Gresik, East Java
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2022 (IJCAH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 191
EP  - 196
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-008-4_21
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-008-4_21
ID  - Marzuqi2023
ER  -