Abstract
<p align="center"><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p> Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has become a trending topic nowadays because it has affected the life of many people all around the world. One of the events during Corona outbreak is panic buying. During the pandemic, it is revealed that power is omnipresent which means that it operates everywhere in many forms. To analyze how power operates, the writer uses the theory of power by Foucault (1980) since a number of his writing are applicable as it connects not only power and knowledge but also power and truth. In his book, Foucault (1980) denoted that knowledge is power and when there is power, there is resistance and they are all connected. In order to analyse how power operates, qualitative research methodology was conducted to find the meaning behind it so that the research finding will be more related to real life. The whole series of panic buying begins with the lack of knowledge about Covid-19. When people realize that Covid-19 is not just an ordinary flu and think that the government did not take this seriously, they started not to believe what the government had said and it led to resistance.The results show that power does operate in panic buying during the corona outbreak although nowadays, there have been some changes regarding the Covid-19.</p><p> </p>
Highlights
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) categorized the new coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic
When people realized that COVID-19 was not just an ordinary flu and when at first, they thought that the government did not take this seriously, they started not to believe what the government had said and it led to resistance.The results show that power does operate in panic buying during the corona outbreak nowadays, there have been some changes regarding the COVID-19
Discussion on Foucault’s Theory of Power To begin with, there has been a shortage of mask because of panic buying since March 2020. (Putra et al, 2020)
Summary
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) categorized the new coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic. Pandemic refers to an epidemic that has spread all over the world, usually affecting a large number of people and it is more dangerous since it affects a wider geographical area as well as a greater number of people than an epidemic (Torrey, 2020). It is caused by a new virus that has not circulated among people for a long time. It has become a widely talked about topic, especially on multifarious social media platforms, such as WhatsApp, Line, Facebook, Instagram and many more
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