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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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Bridging the digital education gap through Values-Based Learning: A transformative education model in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia Yosua Yan Hariyanto; Jefrit Johanis Messakh; Degunias Ton
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.v4i1.150

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Digital educational inequality in Eastern Indonesia, particularly in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), remains a persistent structural challenge shaped not only by inadequate infrastructure and limited technological access but also by the insufficient integration of moral, social, and spiritual values into educational practices. This study examines how the Value- Based Learning (VBL) approach can reduce educational disparities by fostering character development, social awareness, and sensitivity to local cultural contexts. Using a qualitative descriptive case study, the research was conducted in several schools across East Nusa Tenggara. Data were collected through field observations, in-depth interviews with teachers and school principals, and analyses of learning documents, and were analyzed thematically. The findings reveal that VBL enhanced students' learning motivation, social engagement, empathy, and their ability to connect academic knowledge with everyday life. Compared with predominantly technocratic and cognitively oriented learning models, VBL demonstrated greater responsiveness to local socio-cultural contexts. These findings highlight the potential of value-based education to promote humanization and social empowerment and suggest that educational policies should strengthen the integration of humanistic values, local culture, and spirituality into curriculum development, particularly in marginalized regions.
Pseudo social status among Mobile Legends Bang Bang gamers in the M05ENG Community of Bangkalan, Indonesia Diana Putri; Mohtazul Farid
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.v4i1.151

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This study examines the phenomenon of pseudo social status among players of the online game Mobile Legends Bang Bang within the M05ENG community in Bangkalan, Madura. Social interaction among online gamers extends beyond entertainment, giving rise to social structures and status hierarchies in virtual spaces. Gamers construct their identities and self-images through rank achievements, skin ownership, top-up activities, and social media influence. Employing a qualitative method with Edmund Husserl's phenomenological approach, this study reveals the emergence of pseudo social status in the virtual world. Informants selected through purposive sampling expressed pride in the social status they attained in the virtual environment, despite recognizing its illusory nature. Competition among gamers in the M05ENG community is driven not only by the pursuit of victory but also by the desire to gain social validation and symbolic status. The findings further reveal behavioral differences that reflect variations in gaming skills, playing experience, values, attitudes toward other players, and emotional regulation. In addition, the presence of cosplayers who portray Mobile Legends Bang Bang heroes through costumes, accessories, and character-like behaviors reinforces the perception that in-game characters exist beyond the digital realm, creating a powerful illusion of reality.
AI governance and employee well-being in digital workplaces: A systematic literature review Yulianto Yulianto; Udin Saryono
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.v4i1.152

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The rapid expansion of AI-mediated workplaces has transformed digital work culture, reshaping how organizations manage, monitor, and evaluate employees. While AI-driven systems enhance operational efficiency and support data-driven governance, they also raise ethical concerns regarding surveillance, autonomy, fairness, and employee well-being. This study presents a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) using the PRISMA framework and thematic synthesis to identify and analyze 44 peer-reviewed articles published between 2015 and 2026 from six databases: Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Emerald Insight, SpringerLink, and Google Scholar. The findings are organized into six themes: AI adoption in digital workplaces, employee trust in AI, ethical tensions in algorithmic decision- making, algorithmic management and workplace control, psychological well-being, and human-centered AI governance. The review shows that, despite improving organizational performance, AI-mediated systems contribute to technostress, burnout, AI anxiety, identity threats, and reduced worker autonomy. Key ethical concerns include algorithmic bias, opacity, discrimination, and inadequate institutional governance. This study contributes an integrative conceptual framework linking algorithmic workplace practices, ethical challenges, and employee well-being, moderated by organizational support, AI transparency, digital capability, and ethical leadership, alongside a practical framework for implementing sustainable, human-centered AI governance in digital workplaces.
Digital self-construction and identity negotiation: Audience responses to @ragilmahardika on Instagram Claudia Widiastuti Mo’i; Imanta I. Perangin Angin; Aelsthri Ndandara; Susana C. L Pellu
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.v4i1.153

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This study examines how digital self-concept is constructed and identity is negotiated through audience responses on the Instagram account @ragilmahardika, owned by Ragil Mahardika, an Indonesian migrant content creator living in Germany. Using a qualitative case study and interpretive content analysis, the study explores identity representation and audience interaction on social media. Data consisted of 35 Instagram posts published between February and July 2025 and followers’ comments. An inductive analysis identified patterns of self-representation and audience engagement. The findings reveal five interrelated dimensions of digital self-concept: migrant achiever, diaspora educator, authentic global self, cosmopolitan lifestyle individual, and self-development- oriented individual. These dimensions show how personal experiences are selectively curated into socially meaningful identities. Audience responses range from supportive and inspirational to informational, identificational, and critical, demonstrating that followers actively interpret, validate, and contest the presented identity. The study argues that digital identity is not produced solely through self-presentation but emerges from continuous interaction between content creators and audiences. Social media therefore functions as a dynamic space where identity is constructed, validated, and negotiated. Theoretically, the study advances the understanding of self-concept as an intersubjective process, while empirically demonstrating how identity practices are shaped within evolving digital environments.
Digital literacy and gender in Islamic religious education: Challenges and opportunities in the Indonesian context Ridha Aulia; Dwi Kurnianingrum; Monica Sundawati Susanto; Heni Hurhaeni; Hardika Ajeng Hapsari
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.v4i1.154

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The advancement of digital technology has transformed how Islamic knowledge is accessed, studied, and disseminated within Islamic Religious Education (PAI) in Indonesia. While these developments create new pedagogical opportunities, they also raise gender-related issues concerning access, participation, moral control, and women’s authority in digital spaces. This study examines the relationship between digital literacy, gender, and Islamic Religious Education (PAI), positioning women as both learners and educators. Using a library research approach, it reviews scholarly literature on digital literacy, Islamic education, gender, and digital learning, focusing primarily on Indonesia while drawing on selected global scholarship for conceptual support. A critical gender-sensitive perspective is employed to analyze digital literacy not merely as a technical skill but as a form of critical religious competence. The findings indicate that digital literacy in PAI encompasses the ability to evaluate Islamic information, identify authoritative sources, practice digital ethics, and interpret religion contextually. Although digital spaces can expand women’s access, participation, and authority, they also reproduce social surveillance and gender-based restrictions. Therefore, PAI should foster digital literacy that is critical, ethical, inclusive, and gender-sensitive, particularly in formal educational settings such as schools and madrasahs.
The reception of young mothers in Surabaya toward Nikita Williy’s Mom’s Corner YouTube content Shafira Arinayah Putri; Hajidah Fildzahun Nadhilah Kusnadi; Edy Sudaryanto
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.v4i1.157

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This study examines young mothers’ reception of Nikita Willy’s YouTube content, Mom’s Corner, on newborn care and breastfeeding. In the digital era, knowledge about childcare has increasingly shifted from family traditions to social media-based sources. This study employed a descriptive qualitative approach using Stuart Hall’s reception analysis, supported by the concepts of family communication and early childhood development during the golden age (0–5 years). Data were collected through documentation of two selected videos, focus group discussions, and individual interviews with ten informants. The findings reveal that audience reception is diverse rather than uniform. A dominant reading emerged when participants perceived the content as medically credible and relevant to their needs. The negotiating position was most prevalent, with informants accepting the educational value of the content while adapting it to their children’s and families’ circumstances. An oppositional reading appeared only in limited cases, as some participants prioritized personal experience over digital references. These findings demonstrate that young mothers are active audiences who interpret digital childcare content by integrating medical knowledge, personal experience, family communication, and the developmental needs of young children.
Performing trust: Social media, reputational labor, and economic legitimacy in Indonesia's informal errand economy Lia Hilyatul Masrifah
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.v4i1.158

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This study examines how informal errand service providers (jasa suruh) in Indonesia construct and sustain economic legitimacy on social media in the absence of institutional support and formal regulation. It conceptualizes this condition as a digital gray space, where legitimacy is generated through collective social verification rather than institutional recognition. Drawing on Roy’s gray space concept (2005), Pierre Bourdieu’s social capital theory (1986), and Aihwa Ong’s porous sovereignty framework (2006), this study observed seven jasa suruh accounts across Instagram, WhatsApp, and personal websites, and conducted in-depth interviews with 20 participants, comprising nine providers and eleven users in urban Java. Three main findings emerged. First, digital visibility simultaneously facilitates trust formation and market access while increasing reputational risk. Second, social capital functions both as an entry mechanism into the informal economy and as a disciplinary force that intensifies the reputational vulnerability of workers lacking institutional protection. Third, the absence of formal governance shifts transactional and reputational risks onto individual workers and users, thereby reproducing structural precarity. This study contributes to digital communication sociology, informal labor studies, and urban informality by demonstrating that social media functions as a performative infrastructure of legitimacy that is communicatively constructed, institutionally unprotected, and inherently fragile.
YouTube audience sentiment and discourse on the Watchdoc documentary “Tak Ada Makan Siang Gratis” (No Free Lunch) Dimas Septo Nugroho
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.v4i1.160

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This study examines audience sentiment and discursive responses to the framing of Indonesia’s Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program in the Watchdoc documentary Tak Ada Makan Siang Gratis (No Free Lunch) on YouTube. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, it analyzed a corpus of 1,551 comments and replies through the IndoBERT language model, complemented by systematic manual validation and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to identify audience narrative positions. The findings reveal a strong predominance of negative sentiment (83.24%), with the government emerging as the primary discursive target (67.70%). Furthermore, 89.23% of participants supported the documentary’s critical framing, while legitimation (44.87%) was the dominant communicative function, reflecting users’ efforts to reinforce the documentary’s evidentiary and argumentative claims. The study concludes that the documentary effectively performed an agenda-setting function by transforming the state’s benevolent welfare narrative into a site of material grievance and institutional distrust. This research contributes to the literature by integrating IndoBERT with culturally sensitive manual validation to address sarcasm and code-switching in Indonesian digital discourse and by introducing the concept of the negotiated legitimation zone to explain the political ambivalence of audiences in emerging democracies.
Social media use among adolescents with limited family support: Insights from Uses and Gratifications Theory Dessy Trisilowaty; Yuyun Wahyu Izzati Surya; Titik Puji Rahayu
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.v4i1.162

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This study examines social media use among adolescents from broken-home family backgrounds, focusing on how it shapes emotional coping strategies and influences emotional well-being. As social media has become deeply embedded in adolescents' daily lives, it plays an important role in their social and emotional experiences. Drawing on the Uses and Gratifications Theory, this study explores the motives underlying social media use to fulfill emotional and psychological needs among adolescents experiencing disharmonious family relationships. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed involving 24 Indonesian adolescents who met the study's inclusion criteria. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and observations of participants' everyday social media use. The findings show that social media functions as an emotional coping mechanism, enabling adolescents to regulate emotions and manage personal stress. Scrolling emerged as the most common activity for emotional distraction, while liking, sharing, and commenting served as forms of social validation. Consequently, many participants spent more time engaging with social media than interacting with their families. The emotional connections formed through social media fulfilled needs that remained unmet within their family environments. Among the available platforms, Instagram was the most preferred because its features best accommodated participants' emotional needs and preferences.

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