SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY COUNSELING FOR PROSPECTIVE PROPAGATORS TO THWART HOAX INFORMATION
Abstract
As social media users, university students often receive hoax news from social media platforms, such as Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vlog and Whatsapp group. In this connection, they are expected not to forward hoax messages to fellow social media users so that the spread of hoax messages can be stopped at a university student level. To that end, this Dedication to the Public tries to provide counseling to students of the Faculty of Propagation and Communication at State Islamic University (UIN) Walisongo in Semarang. The method used to carry out the activity is counseling since the participants are students who are studying propagation and communication sciences. Therefore, many of them have a basic knowledge of propagation science which is necessary for them to become propagators in the future. More than 50 students, who are mostly students of the Faculty of Propagation and Communication and campus press activists of UIN Walisongo, participated in this counseling. This counseling ran dynamically through a discussion between the participants and source persons comprising a Central Java senior journalist, a commissioner of the Central Java Chapter of the Indonesia Broadcast Commission, and a lecturer of the Faculty of Propagation and Communication at UIN Walisongo. Among the result of the counseling is that the participants have understanding about the danger of spreading hoax news. The awareness not to spread hoax news is very important since the participants of the counseling are prospective propagators who also study communication science and are groomed to have a skill in producing propagation messages to the public. The participants are grateful for the counseling since it has broadened their outlook to understand the danger of hoax information.
Downloads
References
Astrini, A. (2017). Hoax dan Banalitas Kejahatan. Jurnal Transformasi, 2(32), 92–98.
Christiany, J. (2018). Interaksi Komunikasi Hoax di Media Sosial serta Antisipasinya. Jurnal Pekommas, 3(1), 31-44.
Boese, A. (20020. Museum of Hoax: A Collection of Pranks, Stunts, Deceptions, and Other Wonderful Stories Contrived for the Public from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium, Dutton Adult
Buckingham, D. (2006). Defining Digital Literacy: What do young people need to know about digital media? London: University of London.
Evelina, L. W. (2015). Analisis Isu S (Suku) A (Agama) R (Ras) A (Antar Golongan) di Media Social Indonesia. Jurnal ULTIMA Comm, 7(1), 107–122.
https://kominfo.go.id/content/detail/11347/cara-cerdas-mencegah-penyebaran-hoaks-di-medsos/0/sorotan_media (https://databoks.katadata.co.id/datapublish/2019/05/16/pengguna-internet-di-indonesia-2018-bertambah-28-juta).
Kominfo, (2018). Siaran Pers No.53/HM/KOMINFO/02/2018 Tentang Jumlah Pengguna Internet 2017 Meningkat, Kominfo akan Terus Lakukan Percepatan Pembangunan Broadband.
Kurnia, N., & Astuti, S. (2017). Peta Gerakan Literasi Digital di Indonesia: Studi Tentang Pelaku, Ragam Kegiatan, Kelompok Sasaran dan Mitra, Jurnal Informasi Kajian Ilmu Komunikasi. 47 (2). 149-166.
Marwan, M. R., & Ahyad, A. (2016). Analisis penyebaran berita hoax di Indonesia. Jurusan Ilmu Komunikasi, Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Gunadarma, 5(1), 1-16.
Masyarakat Telematika Indonesia (Mastel)., (2017). Hasil Survey Wabah Hoax 2017. Retrieved from: https://mastel.id/hasil-survey-wabah-hoax-nasional-2017/
Pratama, A.B (2016). Ada 800 Ribu Situs Penyebar Hoax di Indonesia. https://www.cnnindonesia.com/teknologi/20161229 170130-185-182956/ada-800-ribu-situs-penyebar- hoax-di-indonesia/
Putranto, P., & Ariani, M. (2020). Coaching MSMEs through the Business Development Services Program. PARAHITA: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat, 1(1), 1-7.
Rahadi, D.R. (2017). Perilaku Pengguna dan Informasi Hoax di Media Sosial. Jurnal Manajemen dan Kewirausahaan, 5 (1). 58-70.
Waluyo, R., & Muqsith, N R. (2018). Sosialisasi Etika Bermedia Sosial untuk Menyikapi Berita Hoax di SMA Muhamadiyah 4 Purbalingga. Purwokerto, Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan dan Pelatihan, 2 (3).