The impact of social media access and anxiety among indonesia society during covid-19 outbreak

Ifdil Ifdil,Nilma Zola,Berru Amalianita,Rima Pratiwi Fadli,Yola Eka Putri

doi:10.23916/0020200528830

Abstract

A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak began in Wuhan, China, has been named corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019. The first cases of COVID-19 was reported in Indonesia on 2 March 2020. All caused global panic, fears, anxiety around the coronavirus have been especially amplified by social media. During coroan virus outbreak, disinformation and false reports have bombarded social media and stoked unfounded anxiety among Indonesian society. This research, therefore, aims to analyze the impact social media and anxiety level during COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia. The procedure of this research is Indonesian citizens old were invited to participant online survey thought Survey Monkey platform. There are 1543 participant form aged 17 to 60 Year and form several province and region in Indonesia. The instrumen useing the DASS was to modify patients’ anxiety. Data analyzed using JASP (Jeffrey's Amazing Statistics Program). The research showed that respondents anxiety in the very haviness category with the highest anxiety when the duration of social media access more than 6 hours in a day. The anxiety base of aspect in watching/reading have a higher, then Imagine and listening when access social media about corona virus among Indonesia society. Social media use is complex reading or watching lots of news about coronavirus has led to anxiety.

Highlights

A novel coronavirus (CoV) is a new strain of coronavirus (Rota et al, 2003; Wu et al, 2020)
The research included 1210 respondents from 194 cities in China the result show 53.8% of respondents rated the psychological impact of the outbreak as moderate or severe; 16.5% reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms; 28.8% reported moderate to severe anxiety symptoms; and 8.1% reported moderate to severe stress levels (Wang et al, 2020)
In the context of the current pandemic, it can greatly affect all aspects of life, especifically people’s mental health, since searching for COVID-19 updates on the Internet has jumped 50% – 70% across all generations (Da Silva, 2020).Research on 4,872 adults from 31 different regions of China showed that 82% of respondents reported being frequently exposed to information about the pandemic through social media

Summary

Introduction

A novel coronavirus (CoV) is a new strain of coronavirus (Rota et al, 2003; Wu et al, 2020). The development of the Covid-19 outbreak in Indonesia and the world dominated media coverage It bases much information on social media about Corona Virus (COVID-19) which can affect mental health (Brennen, Simon, Howard, & Nielsen, 2020). Due to the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and the rapid development of news around the globe, social media users are bombarded with information on an almost constant basis (Wiederhold, 2020). In the context of the current pandemic, it can greatly affect all aspects of life, especifically people’s mental health, since searching for COVID-19 updates on the Internet has jumped 50% – 70% across all generations (Da Silva, 2020).Research on 4,872 adults from 31 different regions of China showed that 82% of respondents reported being frequently exposed to information about the pandemic through social media. This research examines the impact of social media and anxiety among indonesian society during COVID-19

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