Students’ Perceptions of the Use of Instagram Social Media as One of Generation Z’s Political Education Facilities

Abstract

Based on the mandate of the law, women can be active in politics at least 30%. However, in fact, since 1955-2014, the 30 percent female participation rate has not even been fulfilled. Therefore, it is important to find a breakthrough for political education. And one of them uses social media Instagram as the most popular social media by generation z today. Where at this time social media (Instagram) has become an inseparable part of everyday life, both children, parents, and almost all levels of society use social media (Instagram) especially among male students, especially for college students. woman. And social media can be used as a means of political education for generation z to know about political insights indirectly. Therefore, this study aims to describe the views of female students on the use of social media (Instagram) as a means of political education for generation z. The method used is an approach using the phenomenological method. And the phenomenological method is a method that examines the awareness of the main perspective of a person. And the results of the study show that the use of social media Instagram as a means of political education can actually provide a new perception of politics and build women's political awareness. Another discussion was about that social media greatly contributes to increasing literacy, but political parties have not been able to optimize it in playing their role as one of the institutions mandated by law to conduct political education. The conclusion is that the use of Instagram social media can increase literacy and political awareness for generation Z, especially for students about good politics. Keywords: