Enviro News Asia, Jakarta — Amid the relentless flow of digital information—often unbalanced and misleading—media literacy has become an essential skill for young people. This awareness underpinned Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Jakarta (UPNVJ)’s collaboration with national news portal Aktual.com and Sekolah Negarawan in holding a discussion roadshow titled Goes to Campus on Tuesday, January 13.
Held at the Faculty of Medicine Building of UPNVJ in Pondok Labu, South Jakarta, the inaugural event drew around 40 participants from diverse backgrounds, including UPNVJ students and lecturers, students from Politeknik Negeri Jakarta, and representatives from several other universities. The discussion carried the theme “Understanding New Ways of Viewing the State for Generation Z,” inviting participants to critically reexamine national issues through the lens of the digital generation.
Goes to Campus is part of Aktual.com’s broader agenda to visit ten public and private universities across the Greater Jakarta area from January to November 2026. Through interactive dialogue, the program seeks to raise awareness among young people of the importance of understanding constitutional and governance structures as a fundamental foundation for national progress.
The discussion was moderated by Dr. Asep Kamaluddin Nashir, M.Si, and featured speakers including Maliki, Ph.D, Vice Dean for Student Affairs and Cooperation at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, UPNVJ; Rinto Setyawan, Deputy Director of Sekolah Negarawan; Rizal Maulana, Editor-in-Chief of Aktual.com; and Prayogi R. Saputra, Director of Sekolah Negarawan. The speakers emphasized media literacy as a prerequisite for healthy civic participation and highlighted the strategic role of Generation Z in sustaining the nation through a renewed understanding of the state.
As an independent think tank, Sekolah Negarawan used the forum to introduce educational approaches focused on structural solutions to national challenges. Meanwhile, Aktual.com views university campuses as strategic spaces for expanding media literacy, particularly amid an information deluge in which the boundaries between facts, opinions, and vested interests are increasingly blurred.
UPNVJ Rector Prof. Dr. Anter Venus, M.A., Comm said the collaboration aligns with the university’s policy of strengthening external partnerships while shaping student character. According to him, discussions on national issues are closely tied to UPNVJ’s identity as a State Defense Campus (Kampus Bela Negara).
“Activities like this encourage students not only to be critical of information, but also to actively engage in advancing Indonesia through a deeper understanding of national issues,” Anter Venus said.
He expressed hope that the roadshow would continue at other campuses and become a forum for the exchange of ideas, enriching the perspectives of young people as they confront the nation’s future challenges. (www.upnvj.ac.id)
