Digital Citizenship Infrastructure to Foster the Reinforcement of National Identity in Indonesia

Abstract

This study was to discuss and overview the infrastructure of digital citizenship in fostering the reinforcement of national identity in Indonesia. This study was acknowledged from a problem in the development of digital citizenship infrastructure which could be an instrument in observing national identity in Indonesia. The process of forming a national identity could be emphasized through various platforms in the digital citizenship infrastructure, so that the internalization of national values among Indonesian could strengthen their character as Indonesian. This study was qualitative research with a phenomenological approach, where it constructed theories and phenomena concerning the infrastructure of digital citizenship in Indonesia. The results showed that the infrastructure of digital citizenship in the reinforcement of national identity in Indonesia was carried out in three ways, namely: 1) internalization of awareness on digital literacy through Citizenship Education learning, 2) implementing Habituation of national identity values in the digital citizenship infrastructure, and 3) conducting digital forums that could reinforce digital citizenship infrastructure and reinforcement of national identity.