Analisis Literasi Informasi Anak Jalanan di Terminal Terpadu Amplas Kota Medan

Abstract

This research airns to assess information literacy of the srree1 children at Amplas integrared terminal by using the Big Six literacy model. This qualitative-descriptive research carries out in-depth interview with seven street children who engage in activities such as singing on the street, selling things, becoming silver humans, and collecting public transportation passengers. It uses a purposive sampling technique to select the samples. It is discovered thar the street children have varying levels of information literacy depending on their education level, occupation, economic status, and social life. The research finds that: 1) problem identification: the reasons to collect information is for entertainment purpose, such as playing games and social media, expanding knowledge, finding jobs, or completing a school assignment. Almost all of the street children search using personal terms rather than keywords, which results in irrelevant information. 2). Strategy to get the information: to get the information. the street children employ internet, tv, radio. Comics, newspaper, books, friends and teacher, for the accesibility reason and the financial issue. The information collected is in the form of visual, article, websites, and printed pictures. 3). Location and access: home, internet cafe, and school, are where the street children access the information. In addition, the most common tools they use are google chrome, mozilla firefox, youtube, and table of content: 4). Use of information: the information collected watching and downloading is presented in different ways. Meanwhile, to check whether the information is is relevant, they will read it in sequence, looking at the descriptive information, and picking the information they need, printing and presenting the information; 5). Synthesis: the way to organize information they have is by sorting, taking notes, and including the source. Street children who do not present the information. 6) Evaluation: the street children are confident that their strategy to collect information is effective. Only the funding, vehicle, lacking pf knowledge and source of information are the hurdles. The street children who attend school have better literacy compared to those who do not. Five out seven street children indicate that they never visit libraries in Medan because they believe it is unnecessary, is not their hobby, and they do not know where the library is. Finally, the study concludes that the street children have a low level of awareness and information literacy.