The Role of Social Media in Writing Picture Stories with Ethical Values of Politeness for Highschool Students at Highscope Indonesia Bali Academic Year 2023/2024

Abstract

Ethics and manners are things that are currently a matter of concern for the younger generation. Traditional values of ethics and manners have also begun to fade in the midst of the growth of adolescents. Many things affect teenagers' behavior patterns related to ethics and manners. One of them is social media. Social media has become an important part of a person's life today. Teenagers in particular have a hard time letting go of their gadgets. Ethical values lived in the family can also fade due to the influence of social media content. Time allocation also becomes its own part for teenagers. Therefore, SMA Highscope Indonesia Bali held a Book Celebration event, one of which serves to instill character education packaged with assignments to students in the form of writing fables with ethical values and manners in everyday life. The result was very satisfying. Many students are aware of the application of polite behavior in everyday life after sharing together. This is implemented in the writing of digital fables (animal stories) by Highscope Indonesia Bali high school students published in a flipbook. The method used in this research is qualitative. The findings in this study show that students understand more than they know so far regarding ethics and manners after getting this assignment which is poured in the form of digital fables.