The digital immigrant challenges: balancing between digital literacy and family communication | [Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences • 2025]

Author(s):

1. Fairuza Arindra: Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia

2. Ananda Dwitha Yuniar: Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia

Abstract:

Prevention behavior from hoax information is difficult by parents, especially those from Gen X and baby boomers as digital immigrant generation. Many parents are only able to use digital devices but unable to respond the information on the digital platforms ethically and wisely, which causes the majority of parents to be trapped in hoax information. This study aims to identify the theoretical model of the Revised Family Communication Patterns by Fitzpatrick (1992) to explain the influence of digital literacy and the mediating role of family conversations on Communication preventive behavior towards hoax information in parents as a digital immigrant generation in Sidoarjo, East Java. The approach used was a quantitative approach, using a survey research method to 75 parents. The results of the Structural Equation Model or SEM explained the influence of digital literacy and family conversations on preventive behavior towards hoax information. This study indicate that digital literacy has a significant effect on parental behavior in preventing hoaxes and family conversations significantly mediates the influence of digital literacy on preventive behavior towards hoax information. This study contributes to enriches the study of family communication, especially for digital immigrant generation, which leads to openness and two-way communication across generations. Parents get a practical solutions in improving digital literacy skills that can be applied directly in family life based on ethics and responsibility.

Page(s): 2963-2971

DOI: 10.57239/PJLSS-2025-23.1.00235

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Year: 2025

Keywords:

Family Conversations Family Communication Patterns Digital Literacy Digital Immigrant

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