THE IMPACT OF HOAX ON COVID-19 VACCINATION IN INDONESIA

Authors

  • Clarissa Evangelina Hartono Airlangga University
  • Laura Tresia Airlangga University
  • Veronica Augie Nathania Airlangga University
  • Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin Airlangga University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47200/aoej.v13i2.1005

Keywords:

hoax, internet, covid-19, vaccination

Abstract

The world is currently facing the COVID-19 pandemic and it has become easy to spread hoaxes on the internet. However, there are no papers that talk about its impact on COVID-19 vaccination. This study aims to investigate the impact of the spread of false news on the COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia. An online survey with 396 respondents was done to investigate the frequency of COVID-19 vaccination news encounter and the trust towards the news. 17 of the respondents were then invited to an interview. The findings showed that 43.7% of the respondents are almost always exposed to news about COVID-19 vaccination and 28.7% almost always believed it. These news have created concerns, misunderstandings and noise, delaying COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia. It is recommended to prepare more in-depth questions to be asked to respondents and conduct a longer survey. This study needs more respondents to have more validated generalization. 

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Published

2022-07-01

How to Cite

Hartono, C. E., Tresia, L., Nathania, V. A., & Pandin, M. G. R. (2022). THE IMPACT OF HOAX ON COVID-19 VACCINATION IN INDONESIA. Academy of Education Journal, 13(2), 210–223. https://doi.org/10.47200/aoej.v13i2.1005