THE EFFECT OF THE INTENSITY OF ACCESSING THE HOAX NEWS IN THE INSTAGRAM AND IN FACEBOOK RELATED TO COVID-19 ON THE LEVEL OF DISINFORMATION

Pengaruh Intensitas Mengakses Berita Hoax di Instagram dan di Facebook Terkait COVID-19 Terhadap Tingkat Disinformasi

Abstract

The spread of hoax news is currently rife, both only for viral, diversifying issues, or bringing someone down. Hoax news is often distributed and received in the form of writing, pictures, videos, and social media. One of the well-known social media services is Instagram and Facebook. Hoax news often appears on the internet and media such as Instagram and Facebook. Intensity of accessing news hoax related Covid- 19 on social media in 2020  can  effect  the  level  of  disinformation public.  The study aims to determine the effect of the intensity of accessing news hoax Instagram and Facebook related Covid- 19 the level of disinformation public. This type of research is a survey. The theory used is the Uses and Effect Theory.  The  data  collection  technique  used  a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistics, simple linier regression analysis, and multiple linier regression analysis, and multiple linier regression analysis. The sampling technique used in this research was Probability Sampling. While  the  coefficient of  determination is  0.098, wich means that the the intensity of accessing news hoax Instagram  and  Facebook related  Covid-  19  level contributes to the level of disinformation public by 9,8% while  the  remaining  90,2%  is  influenced  by  variables outside of intensity access.