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Media and Information Literacy and Digital Literacy

with Generation

MIL|DL
68.3|65.0
MIL|DL MIL|DL

66.8|63.9 69.5|65.8 MIL|DL
66.6|61.8

The Status of Media Information Literacy and Digital Literacy survey
compared to population’s generation have shown that capability understanding

in media and information understanding media and information of Generation Y
at intermediate position, 69.5 average score in Media and Information Literacy and

65.8 average score in Digital Literacy. This group can be called “Evolving Digizen”
or mean a group of people can using variety channel of Internet for searching

information, news subscribes, social media and stalking favorite artistes.
Otherwise, A Generation Y have lived in the age of technology transition from the

past to the present, making able to adapt digital devices and technology for

communicate fluently. According to the results, it was found that the average
score of Baby Boomers and Generation Z were not significantly different. Also,

because both groups of this age have similar Internet usage behavior, they are
known to use the Internet from people nearby, such as family, friends, children,

etc., and only used for entertainment that may causing about Internet safely.