Discussing Critical Reading in Digital Age: Bibliometric Analysis Insights

Digitalization in critical reading is inevitable. The presence of technology in the world of education has changed the structure of reading teaching with more innovative technological features. This study aims to analyze the trend of critical reading research in the digital era by utilizing a bibliometric approach. The researcher uses the literature study method to answer the researcher's problems through a literature review in the form of related research results that have been carried out. After the data is collected, the researcher analyzes it through bibliometric analysis that will be obtained by the number of articles, co-occurrence mapping, number of citations, and co-autorship mapping. The results of this study show that there are 42 research articles related to critical reading in the digital era. Another finding obtained was the existence of various keywords related to critical reading in the digital era that are often used by researchers, namely critical reading, critical thinking, digital/media literacy, and others. However, there are still several topics that still need to be developed, such as critical graph reading, reading strategies, reading comprehension, distance teaching, critical stylistics, and others. It is hoped that the results of this study will provide new insights for researchers who will further develop this critical reading. This research will also be useful for teachers who want to develop their students' critical reading skills.