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Digital Theory, Culture & Society
Published by CV. Akalbudi Aksara Indonesia
ISSN : -     EISSN : 3031707X     DOI : https://doi.org/10.61126/dtcs.v2i2
Core Subject : Humanities, Education, Social,
Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other
This journal covers various issues of today digital era as well as the intersection of social, cultural, economics and humanities disciplines in highlighting the theoretical and practical sides of the digital culture and society: social media and digital society, gender and digital culture, religion and digital culture, digital society and disruption, digital activism and social movement, citizenship-education and digital identity, democracy and digital literacy, security and digital politics, digital economy and public policy.
Arjuna Subject : Ilmu Sosial - Ilmu Sosial (Lain-Lain)
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Digital literacy as a form of citizenship education in the era of technological disruption Siti Maizul Habibah; Lidiawati; Ita Yunita; Nor Ardyanti Ahmad; Nuruddin
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.128

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The era of technological disruption has profoundly transformed various aspects of human life, including civic education. Rapid advances in digital technology require citizens not only to adapt but also to develop strong digital literacy to participate critically and responsibly in the digital public sphere. This study examines the role of digital literacy as a form of civic education in the era of technological disruption and explores its contribution to strengthening responsibility, legal awareness, and media ethics. A qualitative literature review was conducted by analyzing relevant national and international scholarly publications published between 2020 and 2025. The findings indicate that digital literacy extends beyond technical competence, serving as a moral and social foundation that enables citizens to think critically, participate actively, and act ethically in digital environments. Integrating digital literacy into civic education enhances democratic awareness, encourages meaningful civic participation, and reduces the misuse of digital technologies, including the spread of misinformation and hate speech. These findings highlight the strategic importance of digital literacy-based civic education in preparing citizens to respond effectively to the challenges of technological disruption. Strengthening digital literacy within civic education is therefore essential for fostering adaptive, responsible, and ethical citizens capable of contributing to democratic and inclusive digital societies.
Optimizing economics education evaluation through a balance of real-time feedback and artificial intelligence Diah Ayu Kusuma Ningrum; Candra Aeni
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.130

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This study examines the optimization of educational evaluation through the integration of real-time feedback and artificial intelligence (AI). A descriptive-analytical literature review was conducted by analyzing recent and relevant scholarly publications. The novelty of this study lies in proposing a balanced approach that integrates AI-driven automated evaluation with the pedagogical role of educators in delivering meaningful feedback. The findings indicate that AI enables adaptive, personalized, and real-time feedback, enhancing student engagement and learning responsiveness. However, its effectiveness depends on integration with human-centered pedagogical practices that promote reflection, critical thinking, and adaptive learning. The study further demonstrates that feedback quality, students’ adaptive learning capacity, and learning outcomes are dynamically interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Based on these findings, the study proposes a conceptual framework for balancing AI-based assessment with human feedback in educational evaluation. The framework highlights the complementary roles of technological efficiency and pedagogical judgment in supporting meaningful learning. Practically, the findings underscore the importance of adopting blended assessment approaches and strengthening educators’ assessment literacy. Future research should empirically validate the proposed framework across diverse educational contexts and authentic learning environments.
Critical discourse analysis of gastronomy in digital media: Edit Value Modeling for sustainable culinary tourism in Bangkalan Moch. Imron Rosyidi; Ahmad Cholil; Tatag Handaka; Muhtar Wahyudi; Drajat Wicaksono
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.134

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This study examines the discursive construction of Madurese gastronomy and develops the Edit Value Model as a conceptual framework for sustainable culinary tourism. Although Madura possesses a rich culinary heritage, including bebek songkem, tajin sobbih, and kaldu kokot, its gastronomic identity remains overshadowed by other regional tourism icons. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the study investigates how gastronomy is constructed and negotiated across three types of digital media: mainstream, independent, and alternative. Data were collected through textual analysis of digital media articles, in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, and field observations in Bangkalan Regency. The findings reveal that digital mainstream media legitimize gastronomy as official heritage aligned with institutional tourism agendas, whereas digital independent media emphasize lifestyle, creativity, and everyday experiences. Digital alternative media, by contrast, combine promotion with critique by exposing socio-economic inequalities and forms of resistance. These discursive practices position digital media as “editors of meaning,” selectively amplifying, marginalizing, or reframing culinary values. The proposed Edit Value Model conceptualizes this process as a dynamic cycle encompassing cultural input, media editing practices, legitimization, lifestyle framing, and reflexivity. The study argues that sustainable culinary tourism depends on discursive justice, ensuring the inclusive representation of community voices alongside institutional interests.
Digitalization and the degradation of parental authority among Generation Z in Kampung Timor, Ambon City Paulus Koritelu; Jeffry Ernest Marten Leiwakabessy; William Bernadus Titing; Suleman Watianan
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.135

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This study examines the impact of digitalization on changing power relations within families, focusing on the erosion of parental authority among Generation Z in Kampung Timor, Ambon City. The rapid expansion of the internet, social media, and digital technologies has transformed patterns of family interaction while reshaping the values and behaviors of young people. A qualitative approach was employed, with data collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and document analysis involving both parents and children. The findings reveal that digital spaces have shifted sources of authority from parents to external actors, including social media platforms, influencers, and online communities. As a result, parental control has weakened, interpersonal communication has diminished, and traditional parenting practices have become less effective. The digital literacy gap between parents and children further reinforces young people's dominant position in accessing, interpreting, and producing information. These findings highlight the need to adapt parenting practices by strengthening parents’ digital literacy, fostering dialogical communication, and reinforcing family values. Such efforts are essential to sustaining parental authority while promoting healthy parent–child relationships in an increasingly digital society.
Adaptive citizenship as a response to the era of globalization and digitalization M. Asif Nur Fauzi; Toto Suryadi; Mohammad Firman; Sukron Mazid
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.138

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The era of globalization and digitalization has transformed citizenship into a dynamic construct that requires individuals to continuously adapt to rapid social and technological changes. This study examines the concept of adaptive citizenship as a response to the challenges emerging from globalization and the digital age. Employing a qualitative literature review, the study analyzes national and international peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2019 and 2024, supplemented by relevant academic books and policy documents. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis, including data reduction, categorization, interpretation, and conclusion drawing, to identify key themes, patterns, and conceptual frameworks associated with adaptive citizenship. The findings identify four core dimensions of adaptive citizenship: digital literacy, global awareness, social participation, and national identity. Together, these dimensions provide a comprehensive framework for developing citizens who are critical, ethically responsible, and firmly rooted in national values while remaining responsive to global transformations. The study underscores the importance of reorienting citizenship education toward a more contextual, competency-based, and adaptive approach that prepares learners to navigate the complexities of an increasingly interconnected and digitalized world.
Hidden exploitation of women’s care work in Indonesia’s gig economy Syamsu Budyanti; Surokim
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.143

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The rapid expansion of Indonesia’s digital economy has positioned the gig economy as a pathway for women’s economic inclusion through flexible, home-based digital work. However, this narrative often obscures the structural inequalities embedded in platform-based labor systems. This study examines how women’s digital labor intersects with unpaid care work to produce invisible, gendered forms of exploitation. Employing a qualitative case study approach, the research was conducted in the Greater Malang area of Indonesia and involved 15 women engaged in online selling, affiliate marketing, and content creation. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, limited observation, and digital documentation, and analyzed using thematic analysis informed by intersectionality and social reproduction perspectives. The findings reveal that women simultaneously perform domestic, digital, and emotional labor within blurred temporal boundaries. Rather than providing genuine flexibility, the gig economy operates through pseudo-flexibility characterized by algorithmic control, unstable income an always-on work culture, and limited social protection. Women’s digital labor remains socially undervalued, reinforcing unequal household power relations and perpetuating the invisibility of gendered labor. The study argues that the gig economy functions as a regime of invisible gendered labor in which technological infrastructures and patriarchal social structures mutually reproduce inequality through subtle yet exploitative mechanisms.
Surveillance capitalism in coastal governance: Datafication, digital control, and fishermen’s precarity in Madura, Indonesia Edy Purwanto; Zainal Abidin; Indra Jaya Kusuma Wardhana; Sittiy Muizze; Margaretha Diah Ayu
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.145

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The digitalization of fisheries governance in Indonesia has increasingly transformed coastal communities into data-driven administrative subjects. This study examines how the logic of surveillance capitalism operates within the fisheries governance system at UPT PPP Pasongsongan, Sumenep, East Java. Employing a qualitative phenomenological approach informed by Shoshana Zuboff’s theory of surveillance capitalism, the research investigates how digital infrastructures—including the KUSUKA application, the Si-Kapal vessel monitoring system, GPS tracking, WhatsApp communication groups, and integrated fisheries databases—reconfigure the relationships among the state, governing institutions, and small-scale fishermen. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, field observations, and institutional document analysis involving government officials and local fishing communities. The findings demonstrate that digitalization extends beyond administrative modernization, generating new forms of surveillance, data extraction, and dependency among fishermen. Through continuous monitoring and platform-based coordination, fishermen are increasingly positioned as data subjects within bureaucratic governance systems. Furthermore, fragmented authority between provincial and district governments creates governance gaps that intensify fishermen’s vulnerability amid climate uncertainty and economic precarity. This study argues that surveillance capitalism in coastal governance is manifested not only through large-scale corporate digital platforms but also through routine bureaucratic digitalization practices that transform fishermen’s everyday livelihoods into governable data infrastructures.
Digital hegemony and the reproduction of inequality: A Bourdieusian critical analysis of public policy in Indonesia Indra Rahayu Ningsih; Grendi Hendrastomo
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.146

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Permendiktisaintek No. 39 of 2025 establishes higher education quality assurance standards emphasizing the use of “reliable” technology. While intended to improve educational quality, the policy may inadvertently widen digital and economic disparities among higher education institutions. This study examines how the policy reproduces inequalities in economic and cultural capital, symbolic violence, and cultural inferiority. Employing a qualitative critical policy analysis and regulatory discourse analysis, policy documents were analyzed using ATLAS.ti to examine the relationships among capital, quality standards, and mechanisms of domination. The findings reveal that the policy, despite its quality improvement agenda, has the potential to reinforce existing social and economic inequalities. The requirement for “reliable” technology converts economic capital into institutional advantages that shape accreditation outcomes. Moreover, the discourse of equality embedded in the policy obscures disparities in digital access and institutional capacity, while global quality standards are institutionalized as a form of doxa that marginalizes local values and knowledge. The study concludes that the policy is not value-neutral but reinforces social stratification within Indonesian higher education. It calls for more contextual, inclusive, and socially responsive quality assurance policies to promote equitable access and educational justice.
Amplifying climate crisis through timelines: Digital activism of XR Indonesia and FFF Indonesia Ayu Kartika; Mondry; Arkhan Naufal; Romi Arifin
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.147

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The rapid development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has transformed various dimensions of social life, including climate activism. In Indonesia, where internet penetration reached 79.5% in 2024, social media has become a strategic platform for environmental advocacy. This study examines the online climate change campaigns of Extinction Rebellion Indonesia and Fridays for Future Indonesia on Instagram, the primary platform for their digital activism. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, data were collected through in-depth interviews with five key informants from both organizations and qualitative content analysis of their Instagram posts published between February and September 2024. The findings reveal that the two organizations adopt distinct yet complementary campaign strategies. Extinction Rebellion Indonesia reinforces the climate emergency narrative through the integrated use of images, videos, text, and strategic hashtags. In contrast, Fridays for Future Indonesia employs a more accessible approach by presenting climate issues through simple, engaging, youth-oriented content, including memes, trending topics, and personalized messages. The study concludes that digital platforms enable climate movements to construct collective narratives, amplify climate crisis discourse, strengthen collective identities, and foster broader public engagement.
Beyond social capital: Structural barriers and digital adaptation in Community-Based Tourism at Coban Jahe, Malang Regency Nida Fadlia
Digital Theory, Culture & Society Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): July
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.61126/dtcs.v4i1.149

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This study aims to analyze the dynamics of digital adaptation in Community-Based Tourism management by examining the interaction between structural constraints and social capital at Coban Jahe Tourism, Malang Regency. A descriptive qualitative approach was employed through observation, semi-structured interviews, and documentation. The data were analyzed using Anthony Giddens’ structuration theory and Robert Putnam’s concept of social capital to understand the relationship among structure, agency, and the community’s adaptive capacity. The findings indicate that digital adaptation remains at a stage of partial transition, where digital media have been introduced but have not yet been integrated into a sustainable tourism management strategy. Structural constraints, including limited electricity supply, inadequate internet access, insufficient training opportunities, and weak institutional support, restrict the managers’ capacity to develop digital innovation. Meanwhile, social capital, manifested in internal solidarity, trust, and collective participation, contributes to maintaining the continuity of tourism management but has not been sufficient to foster digital transformation due to weak external networks. This study demonstrates that the digitalization of Community- Based Tourism is a social process shaped by the interplay of structural conditions, available resources, and the configuration of community social capital.

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