Analysis of hoax news about Russia’s Special military operations (SMO) in the Indonesian media

Abstract

INTRODUCTION. Russian-Ukrainian military conflict often makes headlines in media globally, including media in Indonesia. In Introduction the number of news related to the military conflict from February 23 to April 10, 2022 reached described as 143,809 which shared via the Indonesian network 2,509,741 times. The object of the study is Indonesian media coverage of the Special military operation, and the government’ retaliatory measures to those media who publish fake news.MATERIALS AND METHODS. Materials and Methods of research are based on questionnaires which were distributed between two different groups of respondents in two waves: 329 respondents from the first group and 339 respondents from the second.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. Results and Discussion focuses on location analyses carried out in Indonesia using data collection techniques through observation in various media in Indonesia showed at least several reports that were suspected to be fake about Ukrainian Soldiers on Snake Island Killed, China assistance to Russia, etc.CONCLUSION. In Conclusion pointed out about 70 % of responded netizens stated that the news in the media in Indonesia regarding modern Russia was positive news, though fake news or hoaxes came from https://kabar24.bisnis.com/, https://www.kompas.com/ and other sources. The taken measures had an impact on reducing the number of fakes regarding the current Russian-Ukrainian military conflict.