As the capital city of South Sulawesi, Makassar’s economy has developed significantly. This is accompanied by mushrooming of food industry, such as catering, cafetaria and restaurant, including fast food restaurant, which can be seen from the increase number of such industry in many corners of the city. This article deals with how fast food restaurant has changed people’s life style and how such restaurant is promoted in various ways by different agents. Fast food restaurants have well developed—particularly in terms of variation of menu, taste, restaurant facilities, and services—and this has attracted many, including family and fast become ‘comfort food’ for its customers. People’s eating habit has changed, fast food reataurant is one of the pioneers of such change, from making fast food restaurant just as a dining area to become a place where people can eat and relax.  Fast food restaurant was promoted not only by the restauran itself in various ways (i.e. advertisements, meal packages, payment methods in cooperation with certain banks, internal services, etc.), but also by the family from mother to children (and other members of the family and visa versa) through various occasion (i.e. eating out on the weekend, birthday party, arisan, etc.). The health information which concerning nutrition of fast food is poorly understood by the family. Despite the fact that nutrition and health aspects of fast food are considered, they are not really the primary matter of concern, reflecting the lack of awareness regarding nutricious and healthy food.

K-Pop adalah bagian dari K-Wave atau gelombang Korea atau Hallyu, trend ini juga sudah merebak dan berkembang di Makassar terbukti dengan fandom (fanbase) sudah ada di Makassar. Penelitian ini meletakkan fokus pada mahasiswa yang menggemari K-Pop, atau yang dikenal dengan K-Popers (diluar Drama korea ataupun penggemar keduanya). Artikel ini menampilkan hasil penelitian Konsep diri  Mahasiswa K-Popers (penggemar K-POP) memaknai simbolisasi yang dibawa oleh K-Pop. Tujuannya untuk memberikan gambaran feomena K-Pop dari para mahasiswa terutama dengan gencarnya stereotype negative K-Pop di Masyarakat. Pemaknaan ini penting untuk dipaparkan sebab, label negative yang dilekatkan pada K-Pop, membuat para K-Popers terutama mahasiswa yang masih terbilang remaja, mengalami ‘pembullyan’hingga pertentangan dalam keluarga.   Melalui penelitian ini ditampilkan bagaimana makna yang dimiliki oleh para mahasiswa K-Popers. Bagaimana mahasiswa memaknai Idolnya, K-Pop, dan melekatkan makna tersebut pada konsep dirinya dan bagaimana mereka menghadapi stereotype negative yang dilekatkan pada K-Pop. Pendekatan yang digunakan menggunakan penelitian kualitatif, bersandar pada paradigma konstruktivis. Subjek Kajian pada Mahasiswa K-Popers di Makassar dengan menggunakan wawancara mendalam, pengamatan dan studi literatur. Mereka menggambarkan makna K-Pop bagi mereka dan konsep diri mereka sebagai K-Popers, sehingga sangatlah tepat bila dibahas menggunakan Interaksi simbolik dari George H.Mead dan Herbert Blumer.   Kata Kunci ; Makna, K-Pop, Korean Wave, Mahasiswa, Makassar, Interaksi Simbolik

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Abstract. Studying from home has become an inevitable choice since the pandemic in early 2020. Classrooms have moved from school buildings to flat screens, both smartphones and laptops. Students, teachers, parents and schools as organizers and important parts of the teaching and learning process, they all have different sides of the story. Technological readiness has not been directly proportional to the readiness of human resources. The “Tular Nalar” Program, which offers solutions to build digital competencies and educators' critical thinking, still has several obstacles. Digital literacy is a mandatory requirement for all parents, educators, schools and students in carrying out learning process from home. This article aims to provide an overview of the teaching and learning process during a pandemic, tular nalar’s role, technology’s role as a new classroom and digital literacy as a necessity for activities in cyberspace. Parents’ readiness is not only in terms of providing learning tools but also understanding devices’ function to complete their position as children’s learning companion at home. On the other hand, educators are also expected to have sensitivity in choosing the most suitable application for each lesson and student's abilities, as well as sufficient digital literacy competence to run maya classes. This article is based on a literature search as a reference and field observations and interviews conducted during the pandemic and the process of “Tular Nalar” program for educators. This article shows the unpreparedness of various parties in carrying out learning from home, both the readiness of infrastructure (networks and devices) and learning tools. Readiness to use available learning applications, and limited digital literacy. Abstrak. Belajar dari rumah menjadi pilihan yang tidak terelakkan sejak pandemi awal tahun 2020. Ruang kelas berpindah dari gedung sekolah ke layar datar baik telepon selular maupun laptop. Siswa, guru, orangtua dan sekolah sebagai penyelenggara dan bagian penting dalam proses belajar mengajar, memiliki sisi cerita yang berbeda. Kesiapan Teknologi belum berbanding lurus dengan kesiapan sumber daya manusia. Program Tular nalar yang menawarkan solusi untuk membangun kompetensi digital dan berpikir kritis pendidik, masih memiliki beberapa kendala. Literasi digital menjadi syarat wajib bagi semua pihak orangtua, pendidik, sekolah dan anak dalam menjalankan proses belajar dari rumah. Artikel ini bertujuan memberikan gambaran proses belajar mengajar di masa pandemi, peran tular nalar, peran teknologi sebagai ruang kelas baru dan literasi digital sebagai sebuah keharusan beraktivitas di dunia maya. Kesiapan orangtua tidak hanya dari sisi penyediaan perangkat pembelajaran tapi pemahaman penggunaan perangkat hingga posisi sebagai pendamping belajar anak di rumah. Sebaliknya pendidik juga diminta memiliki kepekaan memilih aplikasi yang paling sesuai untuk setiap pelajaran dan kemampuan siswa, serta kompetensi literasi digital yang cukup untuk menjalankan kelas dunia maya. Artikel ini berdasarkan pada penelusuran kepustakaan sebagai referensi dan pengamatan lapangan dan wawancara yang dilakukan selama masa pandemi dan proses berjalannya program tular nalar pada pendidik. Artikel ini menunjukkan ketidaksiapan berbagai pihak dalam menjalankan belajar dari rumah, baik kesiapan dari infrastuktur (jaringan dan perangkat) maupun alat belajar. kesiapan penggunaan aplikasi pembelajaran yang tersedia, serta literasi digital yang masih terbatas,

This article discusses the digital skills of blind students in the educational process during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic forced most students to adapt to a new habit which is WFH (Working from Home). Meanwhile, blind students take longer to learn online which they barely knew about. During this pandemic, students are required to develop digital competencies even though they are studying from home. The purpose of this study is to identify and understand blind students' needs when they are studying from home during the pandemic. The research method used by the researcher in this research is descriptive qualitative, in which the data collection process is carried out online. The results of the analysis found that 7 aspects of blind students' ability in digital space were quite good. Those 7 aspects are basic knowledge of screen reader applications, basic knowledge of digital landscapes, basic knowledge of finding information, basic knowledge of tracing lecture references, basic knowledge of conversational applications and social media, basic knowledge of digital media skills, and ethics in using digital media. Although they are able in accessing or browsing in digital spaces, they are still lacking at some points regarding safety in digital spaces.