The Role of Mothers in Media Literacy Assistance to Digital Native Children in Coastal Region in Developing National Character

摘要

The presence of information and communication technology in Indonesia is astounding when it improves performances in various sectors. However, the information technology appears to progress beyond the ability of Indonesian society to embrace it, especially for children and mothers.The objectives of this research are: to analyze mothers’ role in assisting digital native children’s use of mobile phones, to identify the characteristics of digital native children in costal region, to describe the form of mothers’ assistance to digital native children incostal region, and to formulate a model of strengthening the role of mothers in assisting digital native children in costal region. Mother role in assisting children in using the native digital media/mobile phones in terms of supervision, manufacturing agreements, and assistance on any matterthat is accessible to children. The characters that appear on digital native children in coastal areas become responsible, open, communicative. The impact of the use of information technology in the digital native children in coastal areas have more friends, do not miss the information, friendship.Mother form of assistance to the digital native children in coastal areas in the form of questions, giving directions and strengthening the activities of children associated with mobile media.