Fenomena Digital Pacifier pada Keluarga Pedesaan
Analisis Disonansi Kognitif antara Literasi Digital dan Praktik Pengasuhan
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https://doi.org/10.9744/aletheia.7.2.156-164Keywords:
digital pacifier, digital parenting, literasi digital, pedesaanAbstract
Penetrasi gawai di wilayah pedesaan memunculkan dinamika baru dalam pengasuhan anak. Literasi digital orang tua tidak selalu sejalan dengan praktik pengasuhan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis tingkat literasi digital orang tua dan disonansi antara literasi digital dengan praktik penggunaan gawai sebagai digital pacifier pada keluarga pedesaan. Penelitian menggunakan desain kuantitatif deskriptif dengan survei cross-sectional terhadap 25 orang tua di dua desa Kabupaten Mojokerto, Jawa Timur, dengan rata-rata usia anak terkecil 5,48 tahun. Data dikumpulkan melalui kuesioner skala Likert yang mengukur literasi digital dan praktik pengasuhan, kemudian dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensial menggunakan uji Wilcoxon, Spearman’s Rho, dan Fisher’s Exact. Hasil menunjukkan tingkat literasi digital teknis tinggi (>80%), tetapi kesadaran keamanan siber dan pemahaman kritis terhadap informasi masih terbatas. Tidak terdapat korelasi maupun perbedaan signifikan antara literasi digital dan status pekerjaan orang tua dengan praktik pembatasan akses gawai (p>0,05). Temuan menunjukkan paradoks antara pemahaman normatif dan praktik pengasuhan, ketika kelelahan pengasuhan (parenting burnout) mendorong penggunaan gawai sebagai digital pacifier. Intervensi digital parenting perlu menekankan mediasi aktif yang aplikatif dan peka budaya, bukan sekadar pembatasan waktu layar.
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