Abstract
Information technology nowadays results in spreading information rapidly. Everyone can easily produce information quickly through several social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or mobile phone messages, such as WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. It is alarming if the information conveyed is inaccurate such as a hoax with a highly provocative title, leading the reader and recipient to obtain a negative opinion. For fighting hoaxes and preventing their negative impacts, the government has adequate legal protection named ITE Law. Apart from the legal product, the government also forms the National Cyber Institution. For example, in West Java, the government has formed West Java Clean Sweep Team (Saber) for Hoaxes, in charge of verifying information distribution in public. The team is built as proactive efforts of the West Java Provincial Government to secure the residents of West Java from disseminating fake news. This article examines how the West Java Saber Hoaxes Team carried out a strategy to minimize the dissemination of fake news (hoaxes) on social media. The research used descriptive studies through in-depth interviews on West Java Saber Hoaxes Team. The result of the research showed that strategies conducted by this team are monitoring, receiving complaints, and educating the public.
Highlights
At the end of January 2020, the number of internet users in Indonesia had reached 175.4 million people, while the total population of Indonesia was around 272.1 million
West Java Saber Hoaxes team works by opening channels for complaints of information suspected of being hoaxes through various platforms of social media that are currently being loved by the public
In carrying out its duties, West Java Saber Hoaxes Team has implemented several strategies to tackle the dissemination of hoax news
Summary
At the end of January 2020, the number of internet users in Indonesia had reached 175.4 million people, while the total population of Indonesia was around 272.1 million. The researcher wants to study strategic steps and policies taken by the West Java government, to minimize hoax dissemination by formulating a problem on “How Does The Strategy of Media Literacy in ‘West Java Saber Hoaxes’ to Minimize the Dissemination of Fake News on Social Media?”. Based on Baran (Baran & Davis, 2010), social media can influence the culture of the audience in several ways It is not surprising if the life of our public nowadays cannot be separated by the presence of communication media technology. Social media activists need to be smarter in using information, namely understanding media literacy which is generally considered a source of truth, as well as the importance of the government’s role in controlling the dissemination of fake news (hoax) as a determinant of legal policy as stipulated in ITE Law. The researcher interprets field findings that become a model of research results according to the raised theme
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