Research Article
The Influence of Understanding Information Literacy on Handling the Spread of Hoax News on the Internet Among Students at Universitas Kuningan
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320263, author={Ida Hamidah and Arip Hidayat and Ifah Hanifah}, title={The Influence of Understanding Information Literacy on Handling the Spread of Hoax News on the Internet Among Students at Universitas Kuningan}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Universitas Kuningan International Conference on System, Engineering, and Technology, UNISET 2021, 2 December 2021, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={UNISET}, year={2022}, month={8}, keywords={information literacy; digital literacy; digital information literacy; hoax news}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320263} }- Ida Hamidah
Arip Hidayat
Ifah Hanifah
Year: 2022
The Influence of Understanding Information Literacy on Handling the Spread of Hoax News on the Internet Among Students at Universitas Kuningan
UNISET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320263
Abstract
This research is entitled "The Influence of Understanding Information Literacy on Handling the Spread of Hoax News on the Internet among Students at Universitas Kuningan". This study aims to determine the effect of understanding digital information literacy on the spread of hoax news on the internet among students of Indonesian Language and Literature Education, Universitas Kuningan. The research period is from May-September 2021. The theory used in this research is the theory of information literacy put forward by Zuwroski, digital literacy put forward by Gilster, the internet, and information or hoax news. Analysis of research data using single table analysis, cross table analysis, and hypothesis testing with the rank order correlation coefficient formula by Spearman using the Statistical Product and System Solution (SPSS) application. From the results of this study obtained r of 0.239 which indicates Ho has a significance value less than 0.05. So Ho is rejected. This shows that understanding digital information literacy has a low relationship with handling the spread of hoax news. However, there is still a relationship between understanding digital information literacy and handling the spread of hoax news on the internet among Indonesian Language and Literature Education Students, Universitas Kuningan.