Public Opinion Through out the Covid-19 Pandemic (Media Literacy Study on the Spread and Impact of Covid-19)

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10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_20How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Public opinion; Media Literacy; Whatsapp

Abstract

Public opinion is a number of ideas, ideas, hopes, opinions of a number of people who may be heterogeneous about a problem/thing that happens. Some time ago, Indonesia, like other countries, experienced the COVID-19 pandemic for about 3 more years. Various impacts were felt during the pandemic, starting from health, economic, educational, political, community mental health and social impacts. Various measures have been taken by the government, starting from large-scale regional quarantines to laying off workers in various sectors, with the exception of the health care sector, during the pandemic. The big impact of the spread of Covid-19 and the impact of government policies in handling it, here the role of the community in conveying ideas, thoughts, opinions, etc. is very important. During the COVID-19 period from 2019 to 2022, many public opinions emerged, both in various online media, electronic media and print media. For this reason, this research discusses public opinion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic with media literacy studies on the spread and impact of COVID-19. This study chose whatsapp media as the media studied regarding the spread and impact of COVID-19. The selection of whatsapp media was carried out considering that this social media is one of the most widely used media by people in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to find out public opinion on the spread and impact of COVID-19 and public opinion on policies implemented by the government to overcome the spread and impact of corona. The research method used is through conversation analysis in the Bianglala whatsapp group. The outputs targeted in this research are indexed international proceedings and international conferences.

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AU  - Tita Melia Milyane
AU  - Muhammad Gathan
AU  - Moh Honey Firdaus Al Karim
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/06/12
TI  - Public Opinion Through out the Covid-19 Pandemic (Media Literacy Study on the Spread and Impact of Covid-19)
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies (ICoMSi 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 245
EP  - 258
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_20
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_20
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