Authors:
Oktavianus Klau Lekik
1
;
Sandryones Palinggi
2
and
Ikma Citra Ranteallo
3
Affiliations:
1
University of Airlangga, Media and Communication Department, Social and Political Science Faculty, Dharmawangsa Street, Surabaya, Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
Bandung Institute of Technology, Telecommunication Engineering Department, School of Electronical Engineering and Informatics, 10 Ganesha Street, Bandung, Indonesia, Indonesia
;
3
Bogor Agricultural University, Department of Rural Sociology, Faculty of Human Ecology, W1-L2 FEMA Building, Kamper Street, Bogor, Indonesia 3rd, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Descriptive Analysis, Social Media, Distribution of Hoax, Media Indonesia
Abstract:
Nowadays, there is a widespread distribution of hoaxes or fake news in Indonesia. The event of spreading fake news is very disturbing to the wider community because many parties feel disadvantaged over it. Along with the development of technological advancements, people are getting easier to get any information from various social media applications such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Whatsapp, so it is also easier for those who are not responsible for spreading hoaxes. Henceforth, this study the author focuses on analyzing the spread of hoaxes through social media in Indonesia, with the aim to be achieved by the author to find out ways in which social media users can spread hoaxes to provoke the public. And, it aims to educate the public to be smart and wise in consuming information that is spread on social media. Using the review literature method is descriptive-analytical. Especially, analytical descriptive research can be used to analyze data and facts that occur about the
spread of hoaxes that are widely spread through social media. The results and conclusions of this study that the spread of hoaxes to provoke the public is very easily spread using information technology, and the internet through social media. This must be addressed properly by social media users to be smarter, and wiser, by using selective reasoning to verify all news or information that is widespread in social media, by using understanding and education of media literacy, information literacy and technological literacy that basically as a source of truth.
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