UNS — Student of Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science (FMIPA) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta won 3rd Place in the national infographic competition. Ruth Andini, a student of Statistics Program 2019, won the Maliki Library and Information Science Competition II held by Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Maulana Malik Ibrahim.
Ruth submitted an infographic on the digital literacy strategy during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure that students and community members could learn effectively and innovatively. Her infographic also aims to prevent the community from performing negative behaviors on the internet, especially in the use of social media.
“Based on APJII survey, internet users in (Indonesia) are more than half of the population. This shows that Indonesians are relatively advanced in terms of technology. However, Indonesian’s digital literacy is poor,” Ruth stated to the uns.ac.id on Friday (7/1/2022).
Quite frequently, that negative case in social media causes depression on the victims, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This is because people spend more time surfing the internet. Therefore, I want to provide information on the digital literacy strategy to avoid negative cases such as hoaxes,” she added.
The competition that ran from 25 October to 5 December 2021 was participated by 37 teams from various universities in Indonesia. Ruth admitted that she was delighted when she was announced as the 3rd winner because she could contribute to bringing pride to UNS at the national level.
“At the time, I was resigned during the announcement; even I did not participate in the webinar and announcement because I thought it would be hard for me to win considering the number of participants from various universities. However, Alhamdulillah, the result of my work, won 3rd Place,” the fifth-semester student stated.
Ruth hoped that she could keep contributing to making UNS proud in various competitions and that her achievement could inspire other students to achieve something. Humas UNS
Reporter: Bayu Aji Prasetya
Editor: Dwi Hastuti