Use of Twitter for Covid-19 Information Dissemination by Muhammadiyah Covid-19 Command Center
Authors
Fajar Junaedi*, fajarjun@umy.ac.id
Department of Communication, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Filosa Gita Sukmonofilosa@umy.ac.id
Department of Communication, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Erwin Rasyiderwin.rasyid@unisayogya.ac.id
Department of Communication, Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Qholiva Yuni Fadillaqholiva.yuni.fadilla@mail.ugm.ac.id
Media and Cultural Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Corresponding Author
Fajar Junaedifajarjun@umy.ac.id
Available Online 29 November 2021.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211121.055How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Covid-19; Twitter; Muhammadiyah; Information Dissemination
- Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has become a global problem. In Indonesia, since the beginning of the pandemic, Muhammadiyah has taken a policy to prevent the spread of the virus. Muhammadiyah established the Muhammadiyah Covid-19 Command Center. To communicate the prevention and handling of Covid-19, the Muhammadiyah Covid-19 Command Center uses various media. One of the media used is Twitter. This research shows that the Muhammadiyah Covid-19 Command Center has succeeded in building interactions with the audience, mass media, government and non-government institutions. The Twitter Muhammadiyah Covid-19 Command Center has become a fast and viral information dissemination medium.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Fajar Junaedi AU - Filosa Gita Sukmono AU - Erwin Rasyid AU - Qholiva Yuni Fadilla PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/29 TI - Use of Twitter for Covid-19 Information Dissemination by Muhammadiyah Covid-19 Command Center BT - Proceedings of the 3rd Jogjakarta Communication Conference (JCC 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 232 EP - 234 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211121.055 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211121.055 ID - Junaedi2021 ER -