Open AccessInconsistency of Information of Indonesian Government Officials through the Media on Public Concern in Preventing the Spread of Covid-19
Author(s) -
Chontina Siahaan,
Siti Komsiah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of multicultural and multireligious understanding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2364-5369
DOI - 10.18415/ijmmu.v7i8.1892
Subject(s) - disinformation , credibility , government (linguistics) , covid-19 , consistency (knowledge bases) , indonesian , public opinion , social media , sample (material) , public relations , political science , pandemic , psychology , law , politics , medicine , computer science , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , disease , pathology , chromatography , artificial intelligence , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The aim of the research is to reveal the influence of official disinformation through the media on public concern in preventing the spread of Covid-19. The theory used in this research is Carl I. Hovland's Credibility Source theory. A sample of 100 people from various walks of life in Jakarta. The results showed that the inconsistency of information from government officials had a positive and significant effect on community concern in preventing Covid-19. The positive influence shows that the inconsistency of information from Indonesian government officials is responded positively by the concern of the public in preventing Covid-19. the level of public awareness of disinformation, providing official information through the media. The ability to overcome turbulence situations is to display consistency, defined as a unity of motion, between thoughts, speech and actions, in order to arrive at a common goal.