Komunikasi Perubahan Sosial Masyarakat Dalam Menerima Berita Hoax Di Era Digital

Abstract

The research we conducted aims to find out how the audience's ability to receive valid news
in the digital era, where currently news can be easily circulated throughout the community so that
hoax news can also be easily circulated. Therefore, in this digital era, people are required to be able to
sort out the news they receive whether the news is true or just a lie. In this study, we used qualitative
research methods by conducting an interview with several questions for students and the general
public. Our purpose in conducting interviews was to find out how students responded to the news
they had just received, whether they immediately received it or were still looking for the validity of the
news. After the audience answered questions about hoax news, we got results that could be said to be
varied. Based on the results of interviews, we see that most people receive information or news from
Twitter and Instagram. If they receive a news, most of them do not immediately spread the news and
are still looking for the source of the news. Public opinion about why hoax news is more easily
accepted by the general public varies. Some say because most people only read the title when reading
the news, because the critical power of the community is still not strong, because of the lack of
government supervision regarding the spread of hoax news, and so on. The conclusion we get from
the interviews is that most people are still less selective in sorting news so that there are still many
people who are victims of hoax news.