By: ArdianWiwaha, Student of Social and Politic Faculty in University of Indonesia
A few days ago (January, 13th), public was surprised by the riots that occurred between the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and the Indonesian Down Society Movement (GMBI). Alleged initial cause about why the burning case of GMBI headquarters in Bogor by FPI happen is because their hoaxes or hoax in social media.
This is explained by the West Java Police Chief Spokesman, Senior Commissioner YusriYunus as saying that the outbreak of violence between FPI and GMBI caused by the kind of provocation that ishoax news which deliberately spread in social media.
Specifically,Yusri explained that there is no GMBI members involved in a row with the West Java Police FPI office around that time.
Definition of Hoax
Hoax is a word used to indicate hoaxes or attempt to defraud or circumvent the reader or listener to believe something, when the creator of the fake news to know that the news is false. One example of the most common hoaxes are claiming something or events with a different name to the goods or the actual occurrence.
According to a British philologist, Robert Nares (1753-1829), argued that the word 'hoax' is derived from the word "Hocus", which means "fool". Hocus also stands for magic mantra of "Hocus Pocus". However, the intended use of the word hoax hoaxes in contrast to the magic show. In hoaxes, listener or viewer is not conscious of being lied to, whereas in a magic show, the audience actually expect so cheated.
In many countries,a hoax became a tradition during certain events and at a certain time each year, a hoax carried out by many people and groups with the aim of having fun. The most famous is April Fool's Day. Though the word hoax is very popular and almost all people in the world understand what this means. But most people just do not know how to use the word hoax own history.
The rise hoaxes that developed recently rated as emergency problems being faced by the people of Indonesia. Sentiment up efforts to slander when enveloped the growing issue of hoaxes to always pull and get a positive response from the public.
Although interesting and fun to read, keep in mind that the preaching hoaxes have very dangerous side effects for a group of countries even though. Such as slander and sentiments in an attack against a group or community organizations that exist, like a fishing rod, like fresh bait, hoax newswas deliberately thrown to grow sentiment or split.
Do not be worried if various friction and collisions will be formed because indeed it is a goal and targets to be achieved by the provocateur hoax news makers.
Hoaxs Handling
The rise of incidents, and hoaxes growing in mass media expected to respond intelligently and mature by the society. It needs a refresher awareness and vigilance together in tackling and minimizing the rampant cases of hoax ever today considered more rampant.
Efforts by the government through the Ministry of Defense, the State Intelligence Agency, the National Police and several other institutions are considering to build the Cyber National Agency in the future, is expected to overcome issues concerning hoax newsand full support so that the plan can be realized.
Therefore, do not easily provoked by rumors, news, and resources that can not be accounted for truth and always start filtration and inculcate a spirit of tolerance in order to filter out hoax issues to minimize the kind of provocation that would like to break the defense of Unity in Diversity.
