Penyebaran Berita Palsu dan Strategi Daya Tindak Mahasiswa semasa Pandemik COVID-19: The Spread of Fake News and Students’ Coping Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic

Nurul Asikin Samad; Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil

doi:10.51200/jpks.v6i1.5717

Authors

Nurul Asikin Samad
Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/jpks.v6i1.5717

Keywords:

berita palsu, pandemik, COVID-19, infodemik, strategi daya tindak, fake news, pandemic, infodemic, coping strategy

Abstract

Infodemik merupakan istilah yang digunakan bagi menggambarkan informasi dan pandemik yang bergerak seiring dengan penyebaran fakta dan informasi. Berita palsu bukan lagi isu yang asing dalam komuniti dunia dan di negara Malaysia. Kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengukur impak penyebaran berita palsu dan strategi daya tindak mahasiswa Malaysia dalam berhadapan dengan pandemik terutamanya semasa pandemik COVID-19 yang mengganas di Malaysia. Hasil daripada sorotan kajian lepas di Malaysia, isu impak berita palsu adalah amat signifikan dengan masyarakat tetapi kajian tersebut hanya mengukur isu penyebaran berita palsu tanpa membuat perkaitan dengan
isu semasa iaitu isu penyebaran berita palsu semasa pandemik COVID-19 di Malaysia. Dalam kajian ini, pengkaji menggunakan instrumen Impact Event Scale Revised (1997) dan Inventori Strategi Daya Tindak (CSI) bagi mengukur
hubungan signifikan di antara impak berita palsu dan strategi daya tindak mahasiswa semasa pandemik COVID-19 di Malaysia. Responden yang terlibat dalam kajian ini adalah seramai 217 mahasiswa yang menuntut di peringkat pengajian tinggi di Malaysia. Hasil daripada dapatan kajian menyatakan bahawa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara impak penyebaran berita palsu dan strategi daya tindak mahasiswa semasa pandemik COVID-19. Malahan, “Penyelesaian Masalah” adalah moderator atau peramal terbaik yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa sebagai mekanisme pertahanan diri daripada isu berita palsu.

Infodemic is a term used to describe information and pandemics that move along with the spread of facts and information. Fake news is an issue that is no stranger to the world community and Malaysia. This study was conducted
to measure the impact of the spread of false news and the coping strategies of Malaysian students in dealing with it, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic that is raging in Malaysia. As a result of previous studies in Malaysia, the issue of the impact of fake news is very significant in the society, but the studies only measure the spreading of fake news without making a connection with the current issue which is the spreading of fake news during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. In this study, the researchers used the Impact Event Scale Revised (1997) and Coping Strategy (CSI) instruments to measure the significant relationship between the impact of fake news and student coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The respondents involved in this study consisted of 217 students at a university in Malaysia. The results of the study indicate that there is a significant relationship between the impact of false news dissemination and student coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, “Problem Solving” is the best moderator or predictor used by students as a self-defense mechanism against fake news issues.

Author Biographies

Nurul Asikin Samad

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Ida Shafinaz Mohamed Kamil

Universiti Malaysia Sabah

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