The Digital Literacy Level of Adolescent Free Sex Offenders in West Sumatra

Abstract

The issue of free sex is still a major problem in West Sumatra, especially among teenagers. One of the causes was the high level of exposure of sexual information from digital devices. Teenagers who didthefreesexaresuspectedthattheyhavelowdigitalliteracy.Themeasurementofteenagers'free sex digital literacy level would show a new consideration for the government or people in charge to increase the effectiveness of preventing the free sex behavior among teenagers. This study was conducted. It involved 38 free sex teenagers age 11-24. They consisted of 11 males and 27 females who live in Padang, Bukittingi, and Payakumbuh. By using the Steve Wheeler's digital literacy approach, it was found that the average level of free sex on teenagers in West Sumatra was 77.5 or on mediumcategory. This finding at the same time refuted the initial hypothesis that stated the level of teenagers'free sex digital literacy was on low category. These differences could be a consideration becausetwoexpectedelementsofdigitalliteracytopreventtheteenagersfromnegativeeffectcould reach the lowest achievement if they are compared with other digital literacy elements. In addition, thehugepornographypropagandaininternethasalsobecomeoneofcauseswhytheteenagerswith mediumdigital literacy category still do freesex.Keywords:Digital Literacy, Free Sex, Adolescent, West Sumatra

Keywords

• digital literacy
• free sex
• adolescent
• west sumatera