The Popularity of The Wattpad Application in Increasing Millennial Generation’s Literacy Through Literary Works.
Background: Nowadays, people's enthusiasm for reading literature is getting lower. On the other hand, we can use technological development to look for literary works. Purpose: Based on this problem, researchers are interested in researching how Wattpad applications can increase literacy in literary work. Method: Researchers use quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative methods through surveys online, and the resulting population consists of 75 respondents from the millennial generation. The sample criteria in this study were Wattpad users with an age range ranging from 13 years to 25 years. Then, researchers used interview methods using 15 informants to strengthen survey results online. Result: Wattpad is a platform that provides literary work. It helps the reader to access the story freely. This application offers many variations of literary genres. Wattpad has a function to entertain and give knowledge through stories supplied by authors. It shows that Wattpad has a vital role in increasing literary interest, especially millennials. Recommendation: This research should be carried out long before the due date. But, this incident is out of reach for researchers because we have to prepare anything before doing research. Furthermore, sampling that is used must have more limited scope to get specific result data. For example, we use sample respondents from East Java residents. Limitation: This research has limited research time to meet the expected number of respondents. The source data is from a user Wattpad range between 13 and 25 years old.