Public Awareness and Government Measures in Tackling COVID-19 Fake News in Malaysia

J. Dhaanya; V. Veerappan

doi:10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_22

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Public Awareness and Government Measures in Tackling COVID-19 Fake News in Malaysia

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J. Dhaanya¹, V. Veerappan¹^{, *}

¹Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

^*Corresponding author. Email: veeramuthu@mmu.edu.my

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V. Veerappan

Available Online 26 December 2022.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Fake News; Awareness; Government
Abstract: Background: People's knowledge and behaviors about the COVID-19 disease are pertinent in influencing a society's response to it and the responsibility of providing the public with sufficient knowledge about the virus falls on the hand of the authorities.

Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between public awareness and government measures in tackling COVID-19 fake news among the Malaysian public.

Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of 400 Malaysian adults was conducted. Participant demographics, awareness surrounding COVID-19 and their perception of the government measures tackling COVID-19 fake news were assessed. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA, T-Test, single regression and Person correlation analyses were conducted to gauge the relationship between the demographics, awareness and government measures towards COVID-19 fake news.

Results: There is a high level of importance in both public awareness and government measures in tackling COVID-19 fake news and exists only a low-levelled correlation between public awareness of COVID-19 and government measures in tackling COVID-19 fake news (r value = .339).

Conclusion: Public understanding of COVID-19 is directly connected to the effectiveness of government measures in combating COVID-19 fake news. Thus, it is pertinent for government authorities, notably the health ministry, to establish an effective plan in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 fake news.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication, Language, Education and Social Sciences (CLESS 2022)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 26 December 2022
ISBN: 978-2-494069-61-9
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-2-494069-61-9_22 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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