Digital-Based Literacy Analysis of Religious Moderation: Study on Public Higher Education Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the sources of religious Literacy for Private College students in Bekasi City based on increasing their religious insight, as well as to find out which sources were related to religious moderation. The digital-based religious literacy sources referred to in this study are religious sources and networks of religious resources commonly accessed by students to increase religious insight and knowledge. This study uses a descriptive quantitative approach with survey—research data collection by questionnaire, using google form. Document data or questionnaires are analyzed for their content to conclude reflectively. The results showed 1) the enthusiasm of students in finding sources of digital-based religious literacy was tremendous, students tended to seek religious information of their choice through the Internet and social media they had, including surfing on Google, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, WhatsApp, Tiktok, and religious websites. 2) religious literacy is chosen by students seeking religious insight through the preacher who is active in cyberspace because they consider listening to lectures via the Internet to be practical, easy to obtain, and easy to understand the contents of the lectures. 3) the platforms or websites they visit tend to be mainstream lecturers. Therefore, it is necessary to pay special attention to the rectorate and the Ministry of Religion to explore the contents accessed by students to create religious moderation among students.

Harmony in virtual space: Forum Kerukunan Umat Beragama (FKUB) development communication in creating digital literacy based on religious moderation Pusat Pengajian Komunikasi, Universiti Sains Malaysia

“…By incorporating participatory communication theory, FKUBs encourage communities to actively engage in this learning process, increasing engagement and collective understanding of religious moderation. The same thing was stated by Sahlan, et al (2022) who argued that people tend to access religious information through social media. This should be of particular concern to FKUB as an institution that accommodates religious interests.…”

A Rhetorical Analysis of Ustadz Felix Siaw's Da'wa on Youtube

“…The language used is very easy to understand and does not cause questions for the congregation. Conversational language style is classified as language style based on word selection (Azisi & Syam, 2023;Sahlan et al, 2022). This style of language is different from the style of the official language.…”

“…But this is Felix's characteristic, even with a sitting position mad'u does not get tired of watching Felix's lectures. Second, appearance and Clothing, Appearance and clothing are things that indicate a spontaneous state of heart and emotion (Sahlan et al, 2022;Usman, 2016).…”