Jurnal Sosioteknologi

“Human–Water Entanglements in Irrigation Modernization” Book Review of How Water Makes Us Human Engagements With The Materiality Of Water

Ernawati Ernawati

The book “How Water Makes Us Human” broadly argues that the human relationship with water is co-constitutive, in that humans not only utilize water but are also materially and existentially shaped alongside it. Through the framework of New Materialities (NM), Attala demonstrates that human life is embedded within a broader material network, where the substance of the world is not merely a passive backdrop but an element that actively enables and configures human existence. This book highlights how this liquid matter—water—functions as a connecting medium that physically and conceptually unites the human body with the rest of the material world. The New Materialities perspective, as developed by Bennett, Coole & Frost, as well as Drazin & Küchler, understands life as the result of mutually influencing material interactions. This approach seeks to transcend the boundaries of individual entities and examines how material relationships produce specific forms of existence. New Materialities acknowledges that social and ecological phenomena are always complex and influenced by various factors, yet this complexity is rooted in the dynamics of matter itself, not merely in political or economic structures. New Materialities emphasizes the co-generative nature of relationships or “becoming-with,” asserting that the outcomes of these relationships always depend on the physical properties and capabilities of the materials involved.

Analysis of Factors Affecting the Continuance Usage of Digital Video Streaming Services in Jabodetabek: An Extended Expectation-Confirmation Model

Ferdy Renhart Sitorus

The aim of this study is to analyze the factors that influence customers to continue using digital video streaming services, using the Vidio platform as a case study. Although many studies have examined factors that encourage continued use of digital streaming platforms, no research has specifically investigated continued use of the Vidio service. This study employs a quantitative research method in which the collected data are processed and analyzed using PLS-SEM. Then, the software used for data processing was SmartPLS 3.0. Data were gathered through a questionnaire created with Google Forms and distributed to 393 respondents, 385 of whom had active subscriptions to the Vidio app. The respondents were domiciled in the Jabodetabek area. The results show that all seven proposed hypotheses were supported. Perceived usefulness, confirmation, content quality and Price influence customer satisfaction. Confirmation influences perceived usefulness, which in turn influences continued use. Customer satisfaction also influences continuance usage.

Determinants of Citizens’ Use of E Government Services: Evidence from Jayapura City

Brigita Jecklin Bowaire

This study investigates the gap between target and actual use of the local government website, focusing on e-government services on the Disdukcapil website in Jayapura City. It identifies key factors influencing Use Behavior by integrating the UTAUT and ISS models, extended with Perceived Risk and Digital Literacy. Data from 425 users aged 17 and above were collected via questionnaires and analyzed using PLS-SEM. Results show that Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Digital Literacy, and System Quality significantly affect Behavioral Intention, while Perceived Risk has a negative effect. Service Quality was not significant, and Facilitating Conditions did not affect actual use. Behavioral Intention is the primary predictor of Use Behavior, highlighting its central role in e-government adoption. The findings demonstrate that successful digital innovation relies on technology, user capabilities, social influence, and institutional support, contributing to improved service effectiveness, citizen participation, and trust.

Determinants of Citizens’ Use of E Government Services: Evidence from Jayapura City

Brigita Jecklin Bowaire

Lexical Correlation with Readability Features of Indonesian Academic Texts

The research aims to investigate the connections between specific lexical features (density, diversity, and bundles), semantic aspects (concrete-abstract continuum), and readability in the academic writing of Indonesian students, with the goal of providing empirically grounded recommendations for improving academic writing instruction and facilitating international publication success. This examination utilizes a quantitative descriptive-correlational method to investigate the statistical links between operationalized lexical characteristics (density, diversity, and trigram bundles) and readability scores across 27,274 Indonesian academic abstract sentences, employing natural language processing techniques together with a calibrated Indonesian Flesch readability formula. The research elucidates that semantic dimension (concreteness r = 0.424; abstract-word ratio r = -0.407) exhibit the most robust associations with readability in Indonesian academic abstracts, whereas conventional lexical metrics such as density, diversity, and bundles reveal negligible to weak correlations, thereby contesting established notions regarding vocabulary-based readability predictors in Indonesian scholarly discourse.