Literacy Media Ability of Grade 5 Student Elementary School

The focus of this research is to know how far the knowledge of media literacy in the student at grade 5 elementary school. This research is based on the low level of literacy in Indonesia based on data released by PISA, the literacy rate in Indonesia is still in the bottom 10, which is ranked 62 out of 72 countries studied. The approach in this research is a qualitative approach which data obtained from the study of literature, observation, and the results of interview with 5th grade students. the Result from this research indicate that student grade 5 already have a good literacy comprehension. In which student can distinguish advantage and disadvantage gained from using various digital media in everyday activities. It can be observed from how they already know the functions and benefits of using digital media. But they still have difficulties in sorting and selecting the information they needed as well as what might be helpful for themselves. Thus, the level of media literacy skill of student at grade 5 elementary school is good enough. Keywords—literacy media; student; elementary school