48 Jurnal Ilmiah Wahana Pendidikan https://jurnal.unibrah.ac.id/index.php/JIWP Vol. 5, No.3, Agustus 2019 PENDAHULUAN Teknologi digital merupakan kebutuhan manusia pada zaman yang serba cepat. Setiap manusia dapat mengirimkan informasi yang dianggap benar dan bermanfaat. Khususnya pada kaum milenial muda. Namun semua informasi lebih cenderung “ Hoax”. Terminologi digital native mengandung pengertian bahwa generasi muda saat ini hidup pada era digital, yakni internet menjadi bagian dari keseharian dalam hidupnya. Kondisi para peserta didik saat ini, khususnya siswa menengah atas, sangat bergantung pada mesin pencarian seperti Yahoo,Amazon dll, dalam informasi. Hal ini mengakibatkan berkurangnya penggunaan sumber daya berkualitas yang tersedia di perpustakaan sekolah serta perubahan perilaku peserta didik dalam memanfaatkan dan mengelola informasi. Keragaman bentuk dan tipe informasi ini seharusnya mendorong peserta didik agar lebih selektif dan Peran Literasi Digital Dalam Mencegah Hoax Pada Siswa SMA Aster Pujaning Ati Dosen Tetap Universtas Indraprasta PGRI: asterpujaningati@yahoo.co.id Info Artikel Abstract: Changing times are very fast, it can change all sides of human life. Complete and complicated information is very swift, difficult for the students to stop. Very much information is increasingly difficult to distinguish, which is true and mere figment. Today's students are digital millennials who have boundaries to sort out which information is correct. The still low level of information literacy among students impacts the plagiarism of copyrighted works. Therefore, teachers as educators and school stakeholders as educational staff must have information literacy skills that can be used for students in information literacy skills in the digital age. The purpose of this study, to see the extent of the role of digital literacy in preventing false news (hoax). The data was taken from a questionnaire given to 40 high school students. Congratulations on this research, it appears that students still lack understanding of digital literacy. To ward off lies, students will continue to understand, access all information, must be selective and wise. Digital literacy is activated from the family, and supervision of parents and teachers. Keywords: Literacy, digital, Hoax Sejarah Artikel: Diterima: 7 Agustus 2019 Direvisi: 20 Agustus 2019 Dipublikasikan: 31 Agustus e-ISSN: 2089-5364 p-ISSN: 2622-8327 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3382832