Ferdiansyah, Social and Political Observer
Hoax always been a trending topic in the mass media and social media in recent years, as touted as one tool breaker unity both between nations and between religious communities in Indonesia.
The news hoax flourishing and mushrooming across Indonesian society. The result society increasingly ambiguous and confused how to identify the real news or not a hoax.
The rapid development of communication tools makes the public more easily obtain various information and news as much as much just in the palm of the hand.
However, behind the incredible ease the widely circulated false information (hoax) is also dispersed and is believed by some circles as a truth. The belief in the false news spread like wildfire fire.
Chronology of news dissemination via the Internet Hoax
As quoted by Antara, the Press Council Joseph "Stanley" AdiPrasetyo provides criteria on how a news hoax can spread.
First, the news is made in the interest of certain then disseminated to the objectives and specific intent anyway.
One of the goals is very possible hoax deliberately propagated by the party responsible is not economic motives.
Second, the news created by the media that is not professional or even journalists who are not competent to verify the news, thus creating a story without verification (hoax).
Third, the news is wrong and comes from sources that do not credibility. Unfortunately the news comes from other people and then released for certain purposes.
However, hoax news not only the production of poor media, sometimes also used by the mainstream media to catch viewer (visitors). Examples can be taken, namely, the case of Iron Man from Bali.
Almost all media reported on the abilitiesof a robotic hand that can make the motor nerve grafting. However, none have scientific evidence to prove the statement.
Simultaneously, the journalists and the media quickly spread news without verifying all relevant sources. If this continues to happen, society will certainly aggrieved person. The public confusion if there is no reliable information.
The reason of why hoax is easy to spread?
In the past, before everyone easily spread the hoax in the mass media and social media, the spread hoaxes from many mouths to many ears, as well as rumors about the wells were poisoned by the Dutch spread in villages Surabaya.
Unlike the case with the current situation, as is done by the state police who are tracking spreader false news, which spread the news of tens of millions of workers from China in Indonesia. This news has certainly been denied by President Joko Widodo that the Chinese working in Indonesia does not reach tens of millions of people, because Chinese workers are now only amounted to about 21 thousand people.
The news hoax so easily spread can not be separated from the speed and nature of social media that is very easy to share. Once the news was published, it is difficult to stop it, or in other words, difficulty revoke hoax news that already exist in social media.
Although the text can be removed, it will not dampen the impact strength of the masses to spread hoaxes. However, more meaningful and influential if it can change a hoax identified content into posts in accordance with the truth.
Smart Tips to Avoid Hoax
The rise of false news in various media today, demanding everyone to become more intelligent and critical in order not to react to the news inedible hoax, incitement and defamation are reaching the people of Indonesia. Habits of people in the use of internet also plays a role in birth of hoax news.
Based on a survey of Indonesian Internet Service Provider Association (APJII), internet users in Indonesia reached 132 million people by 2016.
For that, there are some tips that can be used to identify whether the news is factual or hoax, or partially contain partial truths and lies.
First thing to do is to look at the credibility of the source of news distributed. Credibility can be look from the track record of media or website, whether previously been lying. Currently, it has a lot of media friends have reviewed websites or media is spreading false news.
Moreover, citizens can also participate actively in reducing the spread of news in the mass media hoax. As in Facebook uses features Status Report and report it as a category of hate speech or other appropriate categories.
As in Twitter, feature reporting negative twit with Report Tweets and Instagram features the Report. Google-there is any feature to report negative content sites out of the search results through features Feedback sites false.
The next step is to do, namely to report negative content to Kominfo by sending an email to the address aduankonten@mail.kominfo.go.id.
Second, do check, recheck and crosscheck. News verified the correct course, even confirmed by other sources. Then compare the title and the content of each news from various media.
These efforts can also be done by looking at the media if it already has a valid legal entity, usually standing under a CV or PT is registered in the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.
The lie is disturbing even be detrimental to the interests of many people, because it can end up being a hoax news slander. As many adage states that slander more cruel than murder. Therefore, the manufacturer or spreader news hoax is an act improperly near lies.
But as the proverb believed Javanese, namely becik ketitik olo ketoro, both detected a bad seen.
