Youth and Information Technology: An Indonesian Case Study of Indonesian Millennials’ Views on U.S. Election

Abstract

At the moment the situation among Indonesian youth depicts how the so-called Indonesian demographic bonus can constitute as constraint or as enabler to the formation of new leaders in Indonesia. At this juncture of my research up to the beginning of 2017 Indonesian youth seems to have negative perceptions of domestic and international politics. When tested on their views on U.S. election most of the millennials in Jabodetabek 67% thought that election fraud as normal. Technological advances have led to a dramatic reduction in the cost of processing and transmitting           information. The result is an explosion of Information that has produced a paradox “of plenty” and in need of cue-givers. Attention, rather than information, becomes the scarce resource, and those who can distinguish valuable information from background clutter gain power. When good quality Information are shared and when these generated interactions, the process would  enable the creation of meanings within a trust community.