Media Literacy Through Functional Linguistic Studies in Indonesia
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functional grammar, media literacy, generasi z, hoaxAbstract
The onslaught of hoaxes and fake news is becoming increasingly worrying. The use of social media, as a platform for the spread of hoaxes, requires special attention, especially for Generation Z, the majority of users of these platforms. This paper will explain how media literacy, through the study of functional linguistics, can be a weapon against the onslaught of fake news, and how it is applied in the educational realm in Indonesia. Media literacy is a means to make us critical readers and not be immediately provoked by issues presented by the media (Cope, 2002). As an integral part of the essence of Systemic Functional Linguistics, or functional grammar, media literacy encourages us to understand how a text has multidimensional meaning construction (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2004). Therefore, it is time to promote functional linguistics as a powerful anti-hoax weapon in the world of education in Indonesia.
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