Perilaku Informasi Mahasiswa dan Hoaks di Media Sosial

Abstract

The rise of hoaxes circulating on social media makes students as active social media users vulnerable to distribute hoaxes. The study used the model of information behavior by Wilson (1996) to examine information behaviors of university students in combating hoaxes on social media. Using a qualitative method, data collection was conducted through focus groups discussions with 14 students of Syiah Kuala University. The results showed that the information behaviors performed by the university students were not adequate to combat hoaxes. The critical attitude by not easily trusting information on social media was not accompanied by sufficient will and abilities to verify information they received from social media. Information dissemination behavior without verification was also found in this study. The results of this study also indicated that passive attention and search were the most dominant information behaviors among students. The results also showed that low self-efficacy encourage students to be reluctant and difficult to conduct information searches for verification. This study suggested that the model of information behaviour by Wilson (1996) was relevant to discuss students’ information behavior to combat hoaxes on social media. These findings are important to develop a social media literacy model for university students to fight against hoaxes on social media. Maraknya hoaks yang beredar di media sosial menjadikan mahasiswa sebagai pengguna media sosial aktif rentan menjadi penyebar hoaks. Penelitian menggunakan model perilaku informasi oleh Wilson (1996) untuk melihat perilaku informasi mahasiswa dalam menghadapi hoaks di media sosial. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif, pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan focus groups discussion terhadap 14 orang mahasiswa Universitas Syiah Kuala. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perilaku informasi mahasiswa dalam menghadapi hoaks belum mumpuni. Sikap kritis dengan tidak mudah mempercayai informasi di media sosial, ternyata tidak disertai kemauan dan kemampuan verifikasi informasi yang memadai. Perilaku penyebaran informasi tanpa verifikasi juga masih ditemukan. Hasil studi ini juga mengindikasikan bahwa perilaku perhatian dan pencarian pasif adalah perilaku yang paling dominan di kalangan mahasiswa. Hasil studi menunjukkan bahwa self-efficacy yang rendah menyebabkan mahasiswa enggan dan sulit melakukan pencarian informasi untuk verifikasi. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa model perilaku informasi oleh Wilson (1996) relevan untuk membahas perilaku informasi mahasiswa dalam menghadapi hoaks di media sosial. Hasil studi ini penting untuk mengembangkan model literasi media sosial di kalangan mahasiswa untuk menangkal hoaks.

Pengujian Konstruk Motif Sikap Penerimaan dan Perilaku Membagikan Kembali Informasi Hoaks dalam Media Sosial

“…Selanjutnya, terdapat penelitian Nurrahmi & Syam (2020) tentang perilaku informasi mahasiswa hoaks di media sosial. Dalam penelitian tersebut menghasilkan suatu temuan menarik bahwa mahasiswa saat ini sebenarnya memiliki sikap kritis dengan tidak mudah mempercayai informasi yang diterimanya dari media sosial.…”

“…Pada dasarnya penelitian tentang perilaku informasi mahasiswa ini memiliki kontribusi penting terkait perilaku informasi mahasiswa terutama terkait informasi hoaks yang diterimanya. Penelitian mengenai perilaku informasi mahasiswa tersebut menurut Nurrahmi & Syam (2020) memberikan landasan literatur terhadap salah satu motif penerimaan dan membagikan kembali informasi hoaks dalam penelitian ini, terutama berkaitan dengan motif rendahnya literasi dan keengganan untuk memverifikasi informasi yang memadai menjadi indikator yang dapat diuji dalam penelitian ini.…”

Acehnese People’s Information Seeking Behavior about COVID-19

“…When people are anxious, they are likely to be influenced by information that they perceive can secure and protect them in socio-economic, health, and well-being. This type of person tends to entrust information distributed around their circle which has a potential social, economic, and health protection (Nurrahmi & Syam, 2020;Tasnim, Hossain, & Mazumder, 2020), particularly within the society having high Respondents' response to the information about COVID-19…”

“…Trust with central government Trust with local government engagement with social media. According to research carried out by the researchers, the widespread use of social media has an implication to the spread of fake news or hoaxes through the social media platforms (Apuke, Destiny & Omar, 2020;Nurrahmi & Syam, 2020;Tagliabue, Luca Galassi, & Mariani, 2020), The increase in death cases due to COVID-19 is spreading rapidly around the world, including in Indonesia, and Aceh. This false information about the global pandemic results in people's feelings of worry, anxiety, and even stress.…”

The role of intellectual humility in predicting investigative behavioral tendencies in COVID-19 vaccine news

“…Of the 170 million (61.8% of the population) social media users in Indonesia, students (18-24 years old) are the second largest segment of social media users after the age of 25-35 years (We Are Social & Hootsuite, 2021). However, even though students in Indonesia tend to view social media as not a reliable source of information (WHO, 2021), students tend to be reluctant to take information-seeking actions to verify the news they find on social media, and even spread the news without verifying it first (Nurrahmi & Syam, 2020). In Nurrahmi & Syam (2020)'s research, students are reluctant to verify news generally found on social media, so that this trend can apply to all news, including information about COVID-19.…”