Faculty of Media

This chapter explores the spread of deepfakes through social media platforms (e.g. X, Facebook and TikTok). By studying real-world case studies, such as political deepfakes or celebrity impersonations, the chapter illustrates how synthetic media exploit online engagement dynamics to reach massive audiences quickly. It then reviews current methods used to detect and track deepfakes, especially early-warning systems monitoring content spread patterns to flag potential deepfakes in real time, as well as novel research instruments developed as part of the SOLARIS project. The chapter then presents the role of traditional media in debunking and contextualising deepfakes, reflecting upon the challenges that AI-generated disinformation poses to journalists and media professionals. In this context, insights from SOLARIS’ Use Case 2 are used to show how targeted interventions can slow the spread of harmful synthetic media. Finally, the chapter advocates for bottom-up AI education to frame digital citizens’ needs and to foster their ability to engage with online synthetic content.

Bali undoubtedly faces the most severe impacts from the COVID-19pandemic. As the new normal era comes, the Balinese starts visiting sometourist destinations. Social media postings about tourists’ visit enjoyingKintamani’s panorama have attracted other tourists to travel on the weekendor on the vacation. This research objective were to find out the role of socialmedia in promoting tourist attractions in Kintamani, Bangli regency, Bali;and to investigate impacts of social media to revisit Kintamani. This researchutilized quantitative approach of multiple regression analyses. Result of thisresearch showed that the social media were found to be effective in triggeringinterest of visitation during COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, easiness, trust,and information quality variables simultanously cause positive impacts andsignificantly (53.9%) impacts on interest to revisit Kintamani. This researchcontributed to the businessmen in utilizing social media to promote and selltheir tourism products during the pandemic era.

This study investigated students’ metacognitive strategies in digital literacy practices with focus on how they plan, monitor and evaluate their digital reading practice. As digital learning environments demands higher levels of self-regulation, students’ understanding of metacognitive awareness becomes crucial to foster their effective understanding and critical engagement. By employing descriptive quantitative approach, this study distributed a questionnaire developed from Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory (MARSI) to 122 vocational university students in a public university in Indonesia. Quantitative data analysis was accomplished to identify frequency and pattern of strategy, problem solving and support strategy. This study revealed that students often applied problem-solving strategy but show low engagement in evaluative and reflective practice, especially in evaluating credibility and online epistemic information. Although students reflected relative high awareness of surface-level strategies, their critical evaluation remained limited. This finding highlighted the fundamental of explicit instruction in metacognitive regulation in digital literacy curriculum. This study concludes that cultivating students’ evaluative and epistemological awareness are crucial to prepare them to navigate complex digital information environment.

Zaman pandemi covid – 19 telah merubah era menjadi “Era Digitalisasi Berbasis Aplikasi Mobile” dengan persaingan berbagai framework didalam pengembangan aplikasi mobile. Pengembangan aplikasi ini menggunakan teknologi terbaru termasuk flutter yang merupakan kombinasi flutter sebagai framework dan dart merupakan Bahasa pemograman mobile untuk platform seluler maupun web dan dikembangkan oleh Perusahaan Google. Widget merupakan kerangka UI (User Interface) untuk digunakan membuat bagian – bagian antar muka grafis dalam aplikasi serta bagian – bagiankode proyek yang ditulis dalam bahasa pemograman dart.

Following the collapse of the concrete canopy at the newly reconstructed train station in Novi Sad, which killed sixteen people, Serbia has been witnessing the largest student movement in Europe since 1968. Students of diverse ideological, political, and religious backgrounds have come together to demand justice and accountability from a corrupt political establishment. This paper will strive to explore the religious and quasi-religious elements of the movement – rituals of silence, pilgrimage, ascetic endurance, and communal feasting – interpreted through a functional and anthropological approach to religion inspired by Durkheim. The study combines qualitative media discourse analysis of secular and religious communications (November 2024 to June 2025) with the author’s direct anthropological observation of protest events. This dual perspective enables an examination of how collective rituals and moral symbols emerged both in representation and in practice. The protests drew strong reactions from Serbian Orthodox Church dignitaries and other public voices, which will be examined through critical discourse analysis, focusing on how churchstate relations and religious or ideological divisions were framed. The question of various collective subjects fulfilling the usual societal functions of religion will be posed.

The training on the independent development of varied worksheets for teachers at PAUD Prada Aulia aims to enhance teachers’ competencies in designing creative, contextual, and developmentally appropriate learning media for early childhood education. Worksheets serve as an important tool in supporting meaningful learning processes; however, many teachers still rely on ready-made teaching materials that are often not aligned with the specific needs of learners. This program employed several methods, including material presentation, demonstrations, hands-on practice, and mentoring in the development of varied worksheets. The results of the training indicate an improvement in teachers’ understanding and skills in creating innovative and engaging worksheets that are aligned with early childhood learning objectives. Furthermore, teachers became more independent and confident in developing their own instructional materials. This training is expected to have a positive impact on the quality of learning in early childhood education and to encourage teachers to continuously innovate in creating effective and enjoyable learning media.

Review of: Crises Then as Now: Marshall Mcluhan, with Urbanist Jaqueline Tyrwhitt and Artist György Kepes , Jaqueline Mcleod Rogers, Ellen Shoshkes and Charissa N. Terranova (2025) New York: Peter Lang, 174 pp., ISBN 978-1-43319-781-9, p/bk, USD 40.95 ISBN 978-1-43319-782-6, h/bk, USD 114.95 ISBN 978-1-43319-784-0, e-book, USD 40.95

Aplikasi mobile era digital fundamentalnya bertumpu pada User Interface (UI) dan User Experience (UX). UI menjadi wahana interaksi primer; memfasilitasi pengguna untuk eksekusi perintah maupun akses konten. Berbeda halnya, User Experience (UX) merefleksikan persepsi pengguna terhadap sistem, dengan penekanan pada intuitive information navigation dan clarity. MAXstream, sebagai penyedia layanan streaming Over-The-Top (OTT), kini menghadapi tantangan signifikan perihal UI/UX. Meski unduhannya tinggi sekali, tapi memiliki rating rendah di Play Store/App Store. Survei awal System Usability Scale (SUS) dilakukan ke 40 responden. Hasilnya skor rata-rata 50, masuk kategori 'Poor', Grade F. Ini jelas sekali tunjukkan ketidaksesuaian antara kebutuhan pengguna dengan fitur yang ada di aplikasi. Makanya, riset ini akan berfokus pada perancangan ulang UI. Tujuannya utama adalah membuat ulang UI yang benar-benar memenuhi kebutuhan pengguna agar ketidaksesuaian itu menjadi minimal. Metode Double Diamond dipakai dalam proses ini untuk mengidentifikasi prioritas pengguna dan pandu jalannya redesain UI. Diharapkan riset ini akan memberikan rekomendasi desain UI yang lebih user-friendly. Yang sanggup tingkatkan kepuasan pengguna, perbaiki rating aplikasi, dan dukung pertumbuhan bisnis MAXstream secara strategis.