Pandemic Recedes, Social Media Hoaxes Decline in 2022

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Cindy Mutia Annur 30/05/2023 19:10 WIB

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Sources of Information Frequently Containing Hoaxes According to Respondent Findings (2020-2022)

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Findings of false or hoax information on social media have shown a downward trend, coinciding with the easing of the pandemic.

This is evident in a survey report resulting from a collaboration between the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) and the Katadata Insight Center (KIC), titled *Digital Literacy Status in Indonesia 2022*.

According to the report, over the past three years, Facebook has been the social media platform most frequently used to spread hoaxes. However, in 2022, the proportion of respondents who encountered hoaxes on Facebook decreased compared to the early days of the pandemic.

“The proportion of respondents who encountered hoaxes on Facebook dropped significantly from 71.9% in 2020 to 55.9% in 2022,” stated the Ministry of Communication and Informatics team in their report.

This downward trend in hoax findings in 2022 was also observed on other social media platforms, such as WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter.

Conversely, respondents who encountered hoaxes in online news showed a continuous increase. “In 2020, 10.7% of respondents considered that source (online news) to present hoax news; this increased to 16% in 2022,” said the Ministry of Communication and Informatics team.

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics and KIC conducted this survey among 10,000 internet users aged 13-70 years, spread across 34 provinces and 514 regencies/cities in Indonesia.

The survey was conducted from August to September 2022 through face-to-face interviews. Sampling was done using multistage random sampling, with a margin of error of approximately 0.98% and a 95% confidence interval.

Respondents had diverse backgrounds, including housewives, entrepreneurs, employees, students, farmers, and others. The complete report on this survey can be accessed and downloaded via the link: https://survei.literasidigital.id/.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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