<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze the role of digital literacy in enhancing students' critical thinkingskills in filtering hoax news at STAI Al-Gazali Bone. The study employed a quantitativeapproach using an explanatory survey method. The research population consisted of allactive students at STAI Al-Gazali Bone, while the sample comprised 100 students selectedthrough the proportionate stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected usinga questionnaire that had been tested for validity and reliability and were analyzed usingdescriptive and inferential statistics with the assistance of IBM SPSS Statistics Version 27.The data analysis included validity testing, reliability testing, normality testing, linearitytesting, simple linear regression analysis, t-test, F-test, and coefficient of determination (R²).The findings revealed that students' digital literacy was categorized as good, with a meanscore of 81.52, while students' critical thinking skills in filtering hoax news were alsocategorized as good, with a mean score of 79.84. The regression analysis produced theequation Y = 24.315 + 0.681X, indicating that digital literacy has a positive effect onstudents' critical thinking skills. The hypothesis testing showed that the calculated t-value(10.427) was greater than the t-table value (1.984), with a significance value of 0.000 <0.05, indicating that the alternative hypothesis was accepted. Furthermore, the coefficientof determination (R² = 0.526) indicated that digital literacy contributed 52.6% to students'critical thinking skills in filtering hoax news, while the remaining 47.4% was influenced byother factors outside the scope of this study. The study concludes that digital literacy playsa positive and significant role in improving students' critical thinking skills in evaluating,verifying, and filtering information, thereby reducing the risk of disseminating hoax news.Therefore, strengthening digital literacy through learning activities, training programs, andanti-hoax educational initiatives should continue to be promoted within higher education institutions.]]>
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