a meta-analysis: factors affecting students’ reading interest in indonesia

Competition in the era of the industrial revolution must be balanced with the ability and reliableskills in processing and utilizing various sources of information. one effort to bring up this ability isthrough reading activities. in the field of education, unesco data shows that interest in readingespecially students in indonesia is still very low. this is proven, reading interest of indonesian people isonly 0.001%. it means, out of 1,000 indonesians, only 1 person is avid reader. another research, titledworld’s most literate nations ranked conducted by central connecticut state university in march2016, indonesia ranked 60 out of 61 countries related to reading interest, right under thailand (59) andabove bostwana (61). meanwhile, assessing aspects of infrastructure to support reading activities,indonesia's ranking is above that of european countries. one of the factors that influence it is theinappropriate use of information technology in supporting learning success. sophisticated technology isonly used for playing (games) and surfing on social media. the purpose of this study is to analyze thethings that affect reading interest. the method used is a meta-analysis research by reviewing 15 articles innational journals that were updated starting in 2018, 2019, and 2020. the research results showed thatthere were 3 things that influenced reading interest. they are literacy, technology, and libraryinfrastructure. reading literacy is an important factor in fostering interest in reading while librarytechnology and infrastructure are supporting media in motivating readers. the existence of familiar socialmedia such as smartphones should be used by students to support reading activities. the use of theinternet is positively directed as an effort to increase students' reading interest.