MISINFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 IN INDONESIA
| Main Authors: | Nasir, Narila Mutia, Baequni, Baequni, Nurmansyah, Mochamad Iqbal |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Airlangga
, 2020
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https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JAKI/article/view/18848 https://e-journal.unair.ac.id/JAKI/article/view/18848/10932 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background: An increase in COVID-19 cases has been accompanied by an increase in public misinformation of basic coronavirus facts, its transmission and prevention.Aims: This study described public knowledge of COVID-19 misinformation in Indonesia.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study using online questionnaires for data collection from 4 to 11 April 2020. The questionnaires consisted of two parts regarding demographic characteristics and knowledge of misinformation. The sample in this study was 530 respondents. Descriptive analysis was used for data analysis.Results: The majority of respondents were below 25 years old (n = 342, 64.5%) and graduated from junior/senior high school education (n = 277, 52.3%). There were 13.2% of respondents who believed the COVID-19 can halt in Indonesia's climate, while 27.7% of them stated that COVID-19 is a biological weapon deliberaly created by a country. Meanwhile, 19.6% believed that gargling with salt water or vinegar can kill the COVID-19.Conclusion: A group of people still did not get misinformation of the COVID-19. Various efforts need to undertake to align community understanding of COVID-19 prevention, and thus they could get accurate information. Keywords: COVID-19, misinformation, prevention measures, SARC-CoV-2.