ABSTRACT

The development of digital technology as a feature of globalization has shortened distance, space, time, and is inevitable. Indonesian citizens as internet users are always increasing. This study analyzed the development of digital citizenship in Indonesia and whether it can provide an alternative solution in the establishment of digital citizenship. The method used in this research was case study. The data collection techniques used questionnaires and interviews with junior high school students in Bandung, Indonesia, with a sample of 450 people. Data analysis was descriptive analytics. The results indicate that the millenial generation’s online behavior, in the humanity of the Pancasila, still needs to be improved regarding digital etiquette competence, through group power in social media “who controls social media, he controls the world” to make it happen. The implications are to reconstruct rules of use and users of social media and appropriate educational models for digital citizens.