Fighting Against Hoax During Infodemic by Volunteer of Kim Surabaya

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211130.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

infodemic; COVID-19; Kelompok Informasi Masyarakat (KIM)

Abstract

The battle towards COVID-19 become a challenge during pandemic. It is caused by the overflowing information that is called as phenomenon of infodemic. Infodemic could make the condition of pandemic getting worse. It makes people, decision maker, and medical officer confused to find reliable sources and guidance. This research is about to describe the fighting the hoax at grassroots level by volunteer using a method of case study by doing some interview to three notable KIM volunteer. The Result show that there are three roles played by KIM towards information such as Verify Information in Conversations Group, Education Against the Stigma, and Supporting the Implementation of Health Policy. Also, the credibility of the communicator is the key for being moderator among the government and the citizen.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Gilang Gusti Aji
AU  - Putri Aisyiyah Rachma Dewi
AU  - Awang Dharmawan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/03
TI  - Fighting Against Hoax During Infodemic by Volunteer of Kim Surabaya
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joined Conference on Social Science (ICSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 179
EP  - 184
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211130.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211130.032
ID  - Aji2021
ER  -