Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020)

Building Hoax Resistant Generation at Higher Education Institution

Authors
Hendi Pratama, Widya Amalia
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Hendi Pratama
Available Online 3 December 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201201.156How to use a DOI?
Keywords
hoax, hoax resistant, character, higher education
Abstract

Hoax is defined as news which contains uncertain things or not even facts of a phenomenon. It has been studied since the 17th century and carried out in every sector. Hoax leads our young generation into misleading information and understanding. The objectives of this research are to find out students’ sensitivity level on identifying hoax and to strengthen students’ resistant towards hoax by proposing various methodologies. This research was done under descriptive quantitative method in order to explore students’ understanding about the concept of hoax itself. The participants of this research were 182 vocational students from State Polytechnic of Jakarta (PNJ) and 100 English department students from Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES). The purpose of this sampling is to distinguish how respondents from vocational background and respondents from English background identify hoaxes. The data was gathered by giving several questions related to hoaxes to the participants. The result showed us how language lesson strengthens students’ knowledge to choose whether it is a hoax or not. A language learner can be more aware of a hoax than a vocational student.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
3 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201201.156
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201201.156How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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