%0 Book Section
%9 Documentation
%A Felicciana Yayi Amanova, -
%A Niken Puspitasari, -
%B The First International Conference on Political,  Social and Humanities Sciences (ICPSH 2020Navigating Global Society in the Disruptive Era November 25th-26 th, 2020, Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia)
%C Purwokerto
%D 2020
%F digilib:47548
%I Unsoed Press
%K Digital Literacy, Hoax, Covid-19 Pandemic
%P 296-302
%T The Importance of Digital Literacy in Minimizing the Impact of Hoax during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sleman, Yogyakarta
%U https://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/47548/
%X This research aims to describe the importance of digital literacy in minimizing   the negative impact of hoax consumed by the society through various contents of   social media during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta. This   research uses qualitative descriptive method by observing the ongoing phenomena.   Paul Gilster’s Theory of Digital Literacy is used as the scientific approach to analyze   the perception and attitude of the society toward hoax on social media during the   Covid-19 pandemic. The research results conclude several assumptions, which   are: first, hoax lead the society to wrong perceptions and actions in responding to   the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Second, mastery of digital literacy needs to be   developed continuously in Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta because most of the society   tends to be affected by hoax information which circulates on social media. Third,   minimizing the negative impact of hoax is one way to build people’s positive attitude   in facing the pandemic