University Students Behavior in Searching and Disseminating Covid-19 Online Information

Bibliographic Data

ID21988022
AuthorsFajar Junaedi (0000-0002-1856-2808, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta), Filosa Gita Sukmono (0000-0001-5040-8942, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta)
Year2020
Volume5
Issue2
Pages245
Publication date2020-07-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJurnal ASPIKOM (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2087-0442 • E-ISSN: 2548-8309
PublisherJurnal ASPIKOM (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.24329/aspikom.v5i2.767
OpenAlexW3043126374
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Various accesses to information of COVID-19 can be reached through the internet. The internet, which can be used by anyone, anytime, and anywhere, pervades the boundary of people's dimensions of life, time, and space. Social media is the platform used by internet users to search for information about COVID-19. From the perspective of technological determinism, technology determines and shapes human life. This research attempts to analyze the use of social media for searching for information regarding COVID-19 and aims to comprehend the use of social media for searching for information regarding COVID-19 among Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta's students. The research is essential to map out student's behavior in searching for information regarding COVID-19. The research found that students were digital natives that used social media for searching for information about COVID-19. The students were digitally literate in using social media to search for information regarding COVID-19 by verifying information before disseminating it on their social media account

Dissemination · Information Dissemination · Information retrieval · Information seeking · Internet privacy · Multimedia · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Technological determinism · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Educational Technology and E-Learning · Mathematics · Medicine

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