MIKOM UPNVYK, SLEMAN– Postgraduate of Communication Sciences at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta (MIKOM UPNVYK) held a public lecture entitled “Digitalization of Communication: What’s Changed, and How to Respond?” on Saturday (7/9/2019) in the International Organization Laboratory, FISIP, UPNVYK.
Dr. Firman Kurniawan was a guest speaker at this event, attended by all MIKOM students. Beautifully, this digital communication expert from the University of Indonesia portrayed the rapid development of information and communication technology and the challenges in the future.
“The internet has changed many things. It concerns at least the change in new relations from one direction to a two-way one,” said Firman in his presentation. Currently, he continued, is the era of the Internet of Things (IoT). Almost everything now uses the internet to support activities, from sleeping to getting up for activities.
The rapid development of technology has also contributed to the emergence of many new habits, such as reading printed books to reading digital books. The most evident phenomenon is when people prefer watching videos as multimedia to get information.
“Currently, a multilingual and multimedia ecosystem is growing. So, when reading a book that only provides one language, written language, it is difficult to finish the book,” he said. According to Firman, reading interest will tend to increase when, for example, there is a plane crash and the public gets information through video, news with hyperlinks containing the history of plane crashes over time, as well as future predictions.
The conveniences are a positive value of technological advances. Nevertheless, Firman urged the need to continue paying attention to the security of personal data to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. “This is because the current data is new oil. These conveniences, especially in the IoT era, will affect our habits. Our data could potentially be possessed by others, which raises privacy concerns,” he said.
Meanwhile, at the end of the event, the MIKOM UPNVYK study program coordinator, Dr. Basuki Agus Suparno, also wrapped up the entire discussion and added solutions to address developments in the era of data and informationopenness. “Technology carries economic and political values. Technology is capable of controlling society for economic and political interests,” said Basuki.In his closing remarks, he emphasized the importance of using technology wisely as a tool for data security. “Technology can provide convenience, but it can also become a problem. We must see technology as a tool, and we should not misuse its characteristics,” he said. (Us)