The document discusses the role of social media in spreading information and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores how social media was used to spread information about the virus, coordinate social movements, and also spread falsehoods. The pandemic generated a lot of rumors and fake news on social media regarding the disease that sometimes aimed to spread fear. Therefore, people need to be cautious of misinformation on social media and fact check information regarding the pandemic.

1. SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MEANS OF INFORMATION DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Name : Hariyanto
NIM : 20190700048
STUDY PROGRAM INFORMATION SYSTEM
FACULTY OF SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY
UNIVERSITAS BUDDHI DHARMA
2020

2. The corona virus is a virus that causes disease in humans and animals. The newly
identified corona virus, SARS-CoV-2, has caused a pandemic of respiratory diseases
worldwide, called COVID-19 (Sauer, 2020). Over the past months, governments around the
world have taken unprecedented steps to shut down their economies in order to combat the
COVID-19 pandemic. Closing stores and ordering citizens to shelter-in-place has had a
devastating impact on markets and economies, and driven unemployment rates through the
roof. In the midst of fighting the worst health crisis the world as seen in 100 years, central
banks, fiscal authorities, and international organizations mobilized to take extraordinary steps
to respond to the market distress (Metrick & Wiggins, 2020). the researchers conducted data
analysis to gain an understanding of the general attitude towards this global health crisis. in
the realm of social media. researchers also create visualizations to help understand how crises
develop in different parts of the world (Zhang, et al., 2020).
According to Ciang CAO ( CAO , et al., 2020),The outbreak of pandemic diseases,
such as COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019), is a big challenge for the whole world. Since
the first case reported in Wuhan, China in late December 2019, 86,927 cases among 59
countries have been confirmed until 1 March 2020. according to other experts Christian R.
Mejia (Meija, 2020) The media play an importantrole in the dissemination of information on
corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. therefore, it is important to measure whether the
population is receiving information that calms it down, as well as whether such news are in
accordance with the magnitude of the issue.

3. Why do people like to read opinion instead of fact news? with the number of social
media users to understand, whether they can detect fake news on social media, and whether
the presence of fake news flags affects their cognition and judgment. Therefore social media
users tend to believe that headlines are in line with their political opinions (moravec, et al.,
2019). the use of social media has become a fact of life for civil society. therefore social
media can be used to provide up-to-date, locally relevant information, making it an effective
coordination tool in social movements, it also can be used to spread fake information that can
harm individuals, organizations, and even society (Liu , et al., 2013).
with the use of social media that continues to grow and people use this platform to
stay in touch with others, do business, get news, and more (Koohang & Yerby, 2018).Besides
that The agility of science and technology in communication has been bringing a new
dimension of information dissemination, which may have influenced human perception,
especially on the spread of news relating to the covid-19 pandemic (Hashim, 2020). therefore,
Pandemic (COVID-19) not only causes significant challenges to health systems throughout
the world, but also triggers a lot of rumors, deception, and misinformation, regarding the
etiology, results, prevention, and cure of diseases (Tasnim, et al., 2020).
And the last with information that is sometimes wrong can strengthen humanity's
greatest challenges. The most notable recent example of this is the COVID-19 pandemic,
which has produced a lot of falsehood even when the truth is increasingly a matter of life-
and-death ( Pennycook, et al., 2020).
Therefore, COVID-19 has significantly changed the patterns of interaction and human
behavior in the world, especially in interpersonal communication. Therefore, the Community
is more alert to false news and false information circulated through social media with the aim
of spreading fear and panic.

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