Guaranteed freedom of the press has become an absolute requirement for democratization in Indonesia. Following the 1998 Reform in Indonesia, the press is no longer under the pressure and control of the state. The Indonesia Democracy Index is an index that describes the dynamics of democracy in Indonesia. The developing democratization is further supported by massive development in technology and information. In describing the level of development of information and communication technology, an index is used as a standard measure for information and communication technology development in an area called the Information and Communication Technology Development Index. Of the 11 indicators that make up the index, the fastest growing indicator is the percentage of households with internet access. The availability of internet as a medium of information and communication has encouraged the public to voice their aspirations through different online platforms. The research employs multiple linear regression method. The data used is sourced from Statistics Indonesia and cover 17 provinces in the Western Region of Indonesia. The results showed that the percentage of households accessing the internet and the percentage of poor people had a positive and significant effect on the Indonesian Democracy Index in western Indonesia. Supported by efforts such as improving the development of infrastructure, training, and other measures, it would be on the government's best interest to work with different parties to support and increase the number of internet users. Moreover, more public education on the importance of democracy is also necessary to ensure higher public participation in democracy.

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The program of applying science and technology to the community (PPIM) was carried out for 9 months, located in the Kampung Bumi Baru Blambangan Umpu Way Kanan, the partners in this program were women of Alhidayah recitation. This program is increasing public knowledge through Budikdamber education with Aquaponics in narrow areas. Budikdamber stands for fish and vegetable cultivation in buckets, namely raising livestock and farming with limited land, budikdamber can be a very appropriate choice in overcoming food problems. The lack of public knowledge about aquaponics culture has resulted in the need to carry out this program. The purpose of this PPIM is to increase the knowledge, capabilities and skills of partners, optimize yard land and business capital used for cultivating fish and plants and increase income and save on partner expenses. The implementation of this PPIM first coordinated with village officials, then continued with education on budikdamber with lecture and discussion methods, accompanied by training on budikdamber which included making, caring for fish, planting kale, and water changing techniques (penyiponan). The output of this activity is: the birth of a group of people who have knowledge of Budikdamber application and the open opportunity of the business.  Abstrak Kegiatan program penerapan iptek kepada masyarakat (PPIM) ini dilaksanakan selama 9 bulan, bertempat di kampung Bumi Baru Blambangan Umpu Way Kanan, mitra dalam program ini  adalah ibuibu pengajian Alhidayah. Program ini adalah peningkatan pengetahuan masyarakat melalui pendidikan Budikdamber dengan Aquaponik dilahan sempit. Budikdamber singkatan dari budidaya ikan dan sayuran dalam ember, yaitu berternak dan bertani dengan lahan terbatas, budikdamber dapat menjadi salah satu pilihan yang sangat tepat dalam mengatasi permasalahan pangan. Kurangnya pengetahuan masyarakat tentang budikdamber dengan aquaponik ini mengakibatkan perlunya dilakukan program ini. Tujuan dari PPIM ini adalah meningkatkan pengetahuan, kemampuan dan keterampilan mitra, mengoptimalkan lahan pekarangan dan  modal usaha yang digunakan untuk melakukan budidaya ikan dan tanaman serta  meningkatkan pendapatan dan menghemat pengeluaran mitra. Pelaksanaan PPIM ini terlebih dahulu berkoordinasi dengan perangkat desa, kemudian dilanjutkan penyuluhan budikdamber dengan metode ceramah dan diskusi, disertai pelatihan budikdamber yang meliputi cara pembuatan, perawatan ikan, menanam kangkung, dan teknik pergantian air (penyiponan). Output kegiatan ini adalah: lahirnya kelompok masyarakat yang memiliki pengetahuan dengan mengerti dan paham akan penerapan Budikdamber serta dapat membuka peluang usaha.

The increasing need for food is not in line with the clearing of agricultural land for food crops. So that the effort to increase the productivity of agricultural products is by applying precision agriculture. However, in reality, precision agriculture is difficult to apply to conventional processes, where farmers come to the farm, collect data, then carry out maintenance. This method will make production results not optimal because maintenance is not done accurately. This study introduces a monitoring system for environmental conditions based on the Internet of Things (IoT) for agricultural land, where trials are carried out in a greenhouse. The system that has been developed consists of several sensors designed to collect information related to agricultural environmental conditions, including DHT22 sensor (temperature and humidity), DS18B20 sensor (soil temperature), soil moisture sensor (moisture content in the soil), and BH1750 sensor (light intensity). Based on the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol, the data is sent to a gateway (Raspberry Pi) and a local server via a wireless network to be stored in a database. By using the Node-RED Dashboard, the received sensor data is then displayed on the browser every time the sensor sends data. In addition, the local server also publishes sensor data to the public MQTT broker so that sensor data can be accessed through the MQTT Dashboard application on a smartphone. The results of testing for 25 days of the system running obtained an average success of the system in storing data of 99.64%.

Program pembangunan yang dilaksanakan pemerintah selama ini memberikan perhatian besar terhadap upaya pengentasan kemiskinan dalam rangka meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Program penanggulangan kemiskinan memerlukan pendataan yang akurat dan menjangkau sampai wilayah terkecil. Informasi mengenai indikator kemiskinan diperoleh dari Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional (SUSENAS) yang diselenggarakan oleh BPS. SUSENAS didesain untuk mendapatkan indikator tersebut sampai level estimasi Kabupaten/Kota, sehingga untuk mendapatkan estimasi hingga level yang lebih kecil belum memenuhi syarat kecukupan sampel. Metode Small Area Estimation (SAE) dapat dimanfaatkan untuk mendapatkan penduga indikator kemiskinan dengan mengoptimalkan data yang tersedia atau tanpa disertai dengan penambahan jumlah sampel. Penelitian ini membahas penerapan metode Elbers, Lanjouw, dan Lanjouw (ELL) yang dikombinasikan dengan metode Counterfactual untuk mendapatkan estimasi indikator kemiskinan pada level Kecamatan maupun Desa/Kelurahan di Kota Yogyakarta serta memetakannya. Data yang digunakan yaitu Sensus Penduduk (SP2010), SUSENAS (2010 dan 2018), PODES (2011 dan 2018), serta publikasi BPS lainnya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pendugaan indikator kemiskinan dengan metode ELL memiliki nilai relative standar error (RSE) yang lebih kecil dibandingkan dengan hasil pendugaan langsung. Dengan mendapatkan indikator kemiskinan pada level agregasi yang lebih rendah diharapkan dapat menambah kredibilitas pengambilan keputusan pemerintah dalam rangka pengentasan kemiskinan yang tepat sasaran.