Assessing Mechanisms Underlying the Sharing of Official and Unofficial Information during a Pandemic

The COVID-19 disease outbreak has seen mixed information flows comprising top-down communication from health authorities to the public and citizen-to-citizen communication. This study aimed to identify mechanisms underlying the sharing of official versus unofficial information during the outbreak. Survey findings based on a nationally representative U.S. sample (N = 856) showed that individuals’ predispositions affected their information consumption and affective experiences, leading to distinct types of information-sharing behaviors. While anger toward the U.S. government’s outbreak response was directly associated with unofficial information sharing, anxiety was directly associated with official information sharing. These findings enhance our understanding of the propagation of different kinds of pandemic information and provide implications for public education on information verification based on source authoritativeness.

Analisis Pemberitaan Sengketa Lahan STAIN Teungku Dirundeng Meulaboh

The focus of this research is on the news of how AJNN.net informs the Controversy Area of Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri Teungku Dirundeng Meulaboh. To find out the content of the news text and how the message in the text is conveyed through the discourse constructed on the news, the author uses descriptive qualitative methods. To get some conclusion clear, intimately close and critical conclusions, some of the news in the media were analyzed using discourse analysis theory by Teun Van Dijk. there are six (6) elements of analysis that the author uses to review the news that has been selected. The results found that during the conveyed news, the AJNN reporter did not convey the news in equal manner. The news was found without containing information verification from both informants (cover both sides).

By the Crowd and for the Crowd: Perceived Utility and Willingness to Contribute to Trustworthiness Indicators on Social Media

This study explores how people perceive the potential utility of trustworthiness indicators and how willing they are to consider contributing to them as a way to combat the problem of misinformation and disinformation on social media. Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data from the survey (N=376) indicates that a majority of respondents believe trustworthiness indicators would be valuable as they can reduce uncertainty and provide guidance on how to interact with content. However, perceptions of how and when these indicators can provide value vary widely in detail. A majority of respondents are also willing to contribute to trustworthiness indicators on social media to some extent due to their sense of duty and personal expertise in information verification practices but are very wary of the effort or burden it would place on them. Respondents who did not want to use or contribute to trustworthiness indicators attributed it to their lack of faith in the concept of trustworthiness indicators stemming from perceived inherent and unsurmountable biases on social media. Together our findings highlight the complexity of designing, structuring and presenting trustworthiness indicators keeping in mind the diverse set of user attitudes and perceptions.

Media literacy in libraries as a basic factor in information verification

The article provides a rationale for the need to introduce media literacy skills into the library industry. The author, taking into account his own experience, gives recommendations for finding reliable information which are available even to an ordinary librarian- there would only be a desire and aspiration to increase your efficiency. In turn, the banal aspects of hanging questions and problems in this direction were noted -it is disinterest and lack of understanding of the need for media education both by the librarians themselves and by officials-curators…

Social Media Da'wah Literacy on the West Java Saber Hoaks Program

Hoax or false information is a problem and one of the impacts of the unwise use of social media. The spread of hoaxes on social media can potentially break the unity and trigger religious conflict. In response to these problems, West Java Saber Hoaks was formed to suppress and prevent the spread of hoaxes on social media. The purpose of this study is to reveal: (1) Jabar Saber Hoaks' efforts in preventing hoaxes; and (2) literacy of social media da'wah by Jabar Saber Hoaks. This study uses a case study method with a qualitative approach. Based on the study results, the following findings were obtained: (1) There were four efforts made by West Java Saber Hoaks to prevent hoaxes, namely opening a complaint service and monitoring content that has the potential to be a hoax, clarifying information, and providing literacy. (2) Social media da'wah literacy by West Java Saber Hoaks is carried out using preventive measures and information verification. From the results of this study, there are significant and recommendations, namely: (1) There is a need for mainstreaming social media literacy. (2) There is a need for preventive da'wah efforts on social media to ward off hoax information.Hoaks atau false information merupakan problematika dan salah satu dampak yang ditimbulkan dari penggunaan media sosial yang kurang bijak. Penyebaran hoaks di media sosial dapat berpotensi memecah persatuan dan memicu konflik keagamaan. Menyikapi persmasalahan tersebut, Jabar Saber Hoaks dibentuk untuk menekan dan menangkal penyebaran hoaks di media sosial. Tujuan dari studi ini ialah untuk mengungkap: (1) Upaya Jabar Saber Hoaks dalam menangkal hoaks; dan (2) Literasi dakwah media sosial oleh Jabar Saber Hoaks. Studi ini menggunakan metode studi kasus dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil studi, didapatkan temuan berikut: (1) Ada empat upaya yang dilakukan Jabar Saber Hoaks dalam menangkal hoaks, yaitu membuka layanan aduan, memantau konten yang beprotensi hoaks, mengklarifikasi informasi dan memberikan literasi. (2) Literasi dakwah media sosial oleh Jabar Saber Hoaks dilakukan dengan cara upaya preventif dan verifikasi informasi. Dari hasil studi ini ada signifikasi dan rekomendasi, yaitu: (1) Perlu adanya mainstreaming literasi media sosial. (2) Perlu adanya uapaya dakwah preventif di media sosial untuk menangkal informasi hoaks.

Real Estate Information Verification Service with the Use of the Blockchain Technology

Blockchain (blockchain — chain of blocks) — Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). This is a combination of components that includes: peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, distributed storage, and cryptography (hashing and public-key encryption). Popular implementations of blockchain technology include Bitcoin as the electronic currency, which can be used to make money transfer transactions from one wallet to another. This paper considers Blockchain technology and the possibility of its usage to verify real estate information. There is a high demand today in the Ethereum platform for creating any decentralized online services based on blockchain (Dapps), working on smart contracts basis. Ethereum greatly simplifies and reduces the cost of implementing a blockchain. Representatives from various industries are interested in blockchain technology. These are mainly companies from different sectors of the economy, especially the banking sector, stock exchanges, etc. Also known applications of technology to the land register. It is implemented by both large players (Microsoft, IBM, Acronis, R3 banking consortium), and the new startups. The paper analyzes various types of real estate fraud and their impact. The requirements for building the architecture of the real estate information verification service have been collected. The architecture of the reasonable contract which considers all the requirements is offered. To implement the blockchain-based algorithm, a distributed Ethereum database based on smart contracts has been chosen. The built approach itself is based on the use of Blockchain technology. The architecture of the real estate information verification service has been developed using Blockchain technology, which, in turn, guarantees the successful execution of transactions and stable operation, which guarantees the entering, updating, and storing of real estate information and its verification.