The effect of digital literacy on the reading interest of students of SMAN 21 Bekasi City

Abstract

Students' interest in reading at SMAN 21 Kota Bekasi has decreased due to a decrease in students' literacy skills. The research objective was to determine the effect of digital literacy on students' reading interest at SMAN 21 Bekasi City. The research method  is a quantitative method with an associative approach. The population in this study were all students of class X at SMAN 21 Bekasi City, totaling 280 students. The sample in this study amounted to 74 obtained by the Slovin formula with a leeway percentage of 10%. The research instrument used a questionnaire with an interval scale of the Likert scale type 1-5. The researcher also used the product moment correlation formula and Cronbach's alpha to test the validity and reliability of the digital literacy and reading interest variable questionnaire. The data analysis technique used to test the research hypothesis is a simple linear regression test and the data requirements test for normality and linearity. The results of the t test to test the effect of digital literacy on reading interest is 0.000 < 0.05, so that means that there is a significant influence of digital literacy on students' reading interest at SMAN 21 Bekasi City.