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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL EDUCATION VIII
“Visioning the Future of Education”

THE CHALLENGES OF ETHICAL PREACHING IN DIGITAL MEDIA
(A Study of Preaching Communication in Fourth Industrial Revolution Era)

Nur Setiawati, Yusri Muhammad Arsyad

(aghiebm17@gmail.com, hibatulmaulayusri@gmail.com)

Abstract

This article discusses the ethics of preaching in digital media. This acticle aims to see
changes in the development and the use of information and communication technology
in preaching. On one side, the transformation of change and the use of digital media
as a media of preaching has had a positive impact on the effectiveness, efficiency and
reach of the target of preaching, but on the other side it has also caused quite a lot of
public unrest regarding the ethics of preaching in cyberspace. The use of internet-
based information and communication technology has made it possible for individuals
to connect with other people across space and time boundaries and to build a pseudo
space called virtual space. The virtual space with various patterns of activity in it has
formed a new order and community called virtual community or virtual world. The
results of observations and studies show that in cyberspace with digital media,
preahing activities are widely used for personal, group, economic, political and other
interests as incompatible with the aims and ethics of the preaching itself. Whereas
preaching itself essentially aims to call for goodness and prevent disbelieving, with
various ethics related to it. Communication ethics in Islam provides precept in carrying
out preaching activities. This ethic is built on Islamic principles which have a spirit of
peace, hospitality, and safety based on sufficient knowledge and understanding of
Islamic values that are sourced from the al-Qur'an and hadith.

Keywords: Ethics, preaching communication, digital media

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