Public Acceptance Of Pedulilindungi Application In The Acceleration Of Corona Virus (Covid-19) Handling

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19) is a subject of ongoing scientific discussion in Indonesia and the world, COVID-19 confirmed cases continue to grow in Indonesia, this is influenced by the factor of the lack of more knowledge and awareness that some people have for the disease. Application PeduliLindungi was made by the Ministry of Communication and Information together with several state-owned agencies and Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN) aimed at helping government agencies break the chain of transmission of COVID-19. Sample data from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is used to check the acceptance of the use of the application PeduliLindungi from 115 active respondents spread across Indonesia for analysis using SmartPLS. The analysis shows that the ease of use of the PeduliLindungi application greatly influences the usability and attitude in using it. The attitude in the use and usefulness of application PediliLindungi greatly influences the intention to use it. The use of the application PeduliLindungi has very little effect on the attitude to use it. In Conclusion the use of the applaication PeduliLindungi will increase because of the ease of use, it also indicates the level of acceptance of the application