The Role Of Communication And Information Media In Realizing National Development

Abstract

Communication and information media is social media in the form of
social networks as very effective media, namely communication and
information media to convey problems or aspirations of the
community, especially for areas that have not been fully touched by
the media and are not widely known by the wider community,
especially regional officials who are in office This study has the
following objectives: First, to describe the characteristics of the
digital era society that uses communication media. Second, describes
the interest of communication media with national development and
Third, describes the opportunities and challenges that arise in society
in the digital era. And Fourth, describe the efforts that must be made
in the digital era. Socialization Activities Development programs are
no longer enough to rely solely on conventional media (newspapers,
magazines, etc.). But it must be able to take advantage of internetbased

media, so that development communication can be
instantaneous (real time) and two-way (interactive). According to the
Ministry of Education and Culture, social media such as Whatsapp,
Facebook and YouTube have been actively used by most people.