Group Information Society (KIM) in Representing Information and Prosperous Village in Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) Regency, South Sumatera

Abstract

This study aims to describe and analyze the Group Information Society (KIM) in Realizing the Information and Prosperous Village in Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) South Sumatra, Baturaja which is not so well-known. This qualitative research makes informants as primary data sources besides researchers also observe directly and coordinate with the OKU District Communication and Information Service (Diskominfo). This study describes the form of KIM process, then KIM develops a network to solve the problems of rural communities who are left behind Information. KIM in OKU Regency was facing problem in developing this group information society. KIM runs a program to realize an information and prosperous village in OKU Regency. Researchers is monitoring that villages with the theory of Innovation Diffusion as well as being linked as government partners in disseminating information in the village and as a forum for community aspirations. It turned out that KIM OKU was formed in accordance with Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Information Disclosure. The result of this research are OKU KIM encourages the existence of a village website, village social media, radio community, information boar, citizen meeting and all the information means to easily access the correct information. There are some problems such as there is no manpower, there is no role of head village, the lack of facilities and training in building information community. Associated with the theory of Diffusion of Innovation, KIM got something new to be used in life to become a prosperous information village. Keywords—Community Information Group (KIM); information village and prosper