Peran Media Sosial Dalam Pemberitaan Hoax Pasca Covid 19
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The trend of mainstream media consumption during the pandemic has increased rapidly. The public is bored with hoax information circulating about Covid-19 on social media. The rapid circulation of various information on the corona virus is also not a little misleading. Finally, the public withdrew to seek credible information through the mainstream media. The study in this paper focuses on the confusing information circulating in the public space (social media) about Covid-19. The rise of information and rumors surrounding this pandemic has caused an overload of information. In the end, it gave birth to an infodemic against Covid-19. By using qualitative methods referring to literature sources from various online media reports about Covid-19 along with the latest research on mainstream media. This paper presents the view that it is time for the mainstream media to take control of the news that has been dominated by social media which is dominated by invalid, bombastic and fake information. With the principle of quality, professional and credible journalism, the mainstream media should become a reference and reference for information during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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