Correlative Effects Between Digital Literacy and Religious Authority Among Academic Communities in Indonesia

• Published in: International Journal of Media and Information Literacy
• Main Author: Laugu N.; Arianto M.S.; Mustafa A.; Mukhlis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cherkas Global University Press 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85196390436&doi=10.13187%2fijmil.2024.1.142&partnerID=40&md5=d5f60155f37bb98e3f1aac76ace39227

This research found a dynamic orientation between digital literacy and religious authority. A quantitative approach leads the authority to influence digital literacy. In contrast, the qualitative one passes the opposite direction, i.e. the more literate to technology, the closer religious behaviour to traditional religious authority. This research discusses three important issues. Firstly, digital literacy influencing religious behaviour illustrates the awareness of the importance of digital technology in religious social practices. This awareness creates the idea of the importance of technological literacy in building socio-religious practices. Secondly, the impact of digital literacy on religious authority is discovered by the development of digital literacy associated with disseminating religious knowledge on social media. However, due to their instability, social media platforms cannot be used as a standard for authorizing religious sources. Consequently, some referred to traditional sources. Lastly, the dynamics of religious authority investigate the constellation of dialectical processes that refer to standard terminology in religious practices. Those processes have led to a big question about the actuality of religious authority in society. The actuality of the dominant religious authority tends to lead to technology in practice, but the conceptual point of the authority is in the conventional realm. © 2024 by Cherkas Global University.