Proceedings of the First Brawijaya International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, BSPACE, 26-28 November, 2019, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Developing Anti Hoax Competency of Teenagers Through Critical Thinking Practice: An Action Research

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295178,
        author={A R L Teluma and S D Fajarica and A P Hadi and N  Maulida},
        title={Developing Anti Hoax Competency of Teenagers Through Critical Thinking Practice:   An Action Research},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the First Brawijaya International Conference on Social and Political Sciences, BSPACE, 26-28 November, 2019, Malang, East Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={B-SPACE},
        year={2020},
        month={5},
        keywords={anti hoax competency teenagers critical thinking practice action research},
        doi={10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295178}
    }
    
  • A R L Teluma
    S D Fajarica
    A P Hadi
    N Maulida
    Year: 2020
    Developing Anti Hoax Competency of Teenagers Through Critical Thinking Practice: An Action Research
    B-SPACE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.26-11-2019.2295178
A R L Teluma1,*, S D Fajarica1, A P Hadi1, N Maulida1
  • 1: Universitas Mataram, Indonesia
*Contact email: aureliusteluma@unram.ac.id

Abstract

Hoax is the enemy of digital contemporary socio-economic and socio-cultural systems development. Among the Indonesian netizens, teenagers is one of active internet users. So, it is important to make them have the complete anti hoax competency that includes cognitive, affective and psychomotor aspects. This study aims to improve the anti hoax competency of adolescents. This research method is modified action research based on critical thinking practice. The participants were 40 students of SMAN 1 Sakra, East Lombok Regency, Indonesia. Data were generated by a set of self-assessment questionnaires and an assessment of the results of the training in differentiating news vs. views.