. Hasil dari penelitian memiliki implikasi untuk Gen Z, portal web berita, serta pemerintahan. The spread of fake news has always been a problem in modern societies. Fake news grows rapidly and widely since everyone can publish news through the internet easily.  Many studies have been conducted on the ability to identify fake news in terms of various factors. However, people’s behavior around identifying and verifying fake news across different types of topic news has not been studied. This study aims to discuss the relationship between people’s verification behavior and verification activities on the ability to identify fake news. Moreover, this study also analyze differences in the ability to identify fake news across different topics, including politics, technology, health, and lifestyle. The research was conducted on 77 students at Universitas Gadjah Mada using a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. There are three stages in the experimental process, including self-report for verification behavior, fake news identification without verification, and fake news identification by verification. The ability to identify fake news is measured using signal detection theory by calculating sensitivity scores or awareness and response bias scores. Results show a significant correlation between the ability to identify fake news and specific verification strategies (rs(75)= 0,236 ; p = 0,039). A deeper analysis of the experiment shows that verification activities have a significant effect on increasing the ability to identify fake news (Z = -5,342 ; p < 0>. Furthermore, deeper analysis shows that news topics have a significant effect on the ability to identify fake news after the respondent verifies (?2(3) = 24,053 ; p < 0 lang="EN-US" xss="removed">. This study contributes to the understanding not only of the ability students to identify fake news but also of specific verification behavior to have a high awareness of fake news. Morover, this study has implications for Gen Z, news web portals, and governments."> . Hasil dari penelitian memiliki implikasi untuk Gen Z, portal web berita, serta pemerintahan. The spread of fake news has always been a problem in modern societies. Fake news grows rapidly and widely since everyone can publish news through the internet easily.  Many studies have been conducted on the ability to identify fake news in terms of various factors. However, people’s behavior around identifying and verifying fake news across different types of topic news has not been studied. This study aims to discuss the relationship between people’s verification behavior and verification activities on the ability to identify fake news. Moreover, this study also analyze differences in the ability to identify fake news across different topics, including politics, technology, health, and lifestyle. The research was conducted on 77 students at Universitas Gadjah Mada using a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. There are three stages in the experimental process, including self-report for verification behavior, fake news identification without verification, and fake news identification by verification. The ability to identify fake news is measured using signal detection theory by calculating sensitivity scores or awareness and response bias scores. Results show a significant correlation between the ability to identify fake news and specific verification strategies (rs(75)= 0,236 ; p = 0,039). A deeper analysis of the experiment shows that verification activities have a significant effect on increasing the ability to identify fake news (Z = -5,342 ; p < 0>. Furthermore, deeper analysis shows that news topics have a significant effect on the ability to identify fake news after the respondent verifies (?2(3) = 24,053 ; p < 0 lang="EN-US" xss="removed">. This study contributes to the understanding not only of the ability students to identify fake news but also of specific verification behavior to have a high awareness of fake news. Morover, this study has implications for Gen Z, news web portals, and governments.">
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Pengaruh Verifikasi Informasi terhadap Kemampuan Generasi Z dalam Mengidentifikasi Berita Palsu pada Beragam Topik Berita

Mianovani Ideannisa, Ir. Hilya Mudrika Arini, S.T., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., IPM., ASEAN Eng

2023 | Skripsi | TEKNIK INDUSTRI

Pesatnya perkembangan teknologi komunikasi yang ada sekarang, membuat masyarakat semakin mudah mengakses berbagai berita dan informasi dengan cepat melalui internet. Kemudahan dalam mengakses berita ini mendorong jumlah penyebaran berita palsu (fake news) yang begitu banyak di internet. Telah banyak dilakukan penelitian mengenai kemampuan identifikasi fake news individu dilihat dari berbagai faktor, namun belum banyak penelitian yang membahas identifikasi fake news ditinjau dari kebiasaan seseorang dalam melakukan verifikasi berita serta topik berita. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membahas terkait hubungan kebiasaan verifikasi serta pengaruh aktivitas verifikasi terhadap kemampuan identifikasi fake news dan menganalisis perbedaan kemampuan identifikasi fake news pada keempat topik berita (politik, teknologi, kesehatan, dan lifestyle) setelah dilakukan verifikasi.

Penelitian dilakukan dengan pendekatan signal detection theory yang diukur dari dua parameter, yaitu nilai sensitivitas atau tingkat awareness dan responses bias. Penelitian dilakukan pada 77 mahasiswa Universitas Gadjah Mada dengan metode pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. Terdapat tiga tahapan dalam proses eksperimen, yaitu kuesioner self-report kebiasaan verifikasi berita, identifikasi fake news tanpa melakukan verifikasi, dan identifikasi fake news dengan melakukan verifikasi.

Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat korelasi yang signifikan antara kebiasaan verifikasi berita secara spesifik dengan kemampuan identifikasi fake news (rs(75) = 0,236 ; p = 0,039). Analisis lebih dalam dengan eksperimen menunjukkan bahwa aktivitas verifikasi berpengaruh signifikan terhadap peningkatan kemampuan identifikasi fake news (Z = -5,342 ; p < 0>. Selanjutnya analisis lebih dalam menunjukkan bahwa topik berita memiliki pengaruh terhadap kemampuan identifikasi fake news setelah responden melakukan verifikasi (?2(3) = 24,053 ;  p < 0 lang="EN-US" xss="removed">. Hasil dari penelitian memiliki implikasi untuk Gen Z, portal web berita, serta pemerintahan.

The spread of fake news has always been a problem in modern societies. Fake news grows rapidly and widely since everyone can publish news through the internet easily.  Many studies have been conducted on the ability to identify fake news in terms of various factors. However, people’s behavior around identifying and verifying fake news across different types of topic news has not been studied. This study aims to discuss the relationship between people’s verification behavior and verification activities on the ability to identify fake news. Moreover, this study also analyze differences in the ability to identify fake news across different topics, including politics, technology, health, and lifestyle.

The research was conducted on 77 students at Universitas Gadjah Mada using a pre-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design. There are three stages in the experimental process, including self-report for verification behavior, fake news identification without verification, and fake news identification by verification. The ability to identify fake news is measured using signal detection theory by calculating sensitivity scores or awareness and response bias scores.

Results show a significant correlation between the ability to identify fake news and specific verification strategies (rs(75)= 0,236 ; p = 0,039). A deeper analysis of the experiment shows that verification activities have a significant effect on increasing the ability to identify fake news (Z = -5,342 ; p < 0>. Furthermore, deeper analysis shows that news topics have a significant effect on the ability to identify fake news after the respondent verifies (?2(3) = 24,053 ; p < 0 lang="EN-US" xss="removed">. This study contributes to the understanding not only of the ability students to identify fake news but also of specific verification behavior to have a high awareness of fake news. Morover, this study has implications for Gen Z, news web portals, and governments.

Kata Kunci : Identifikasi fake news, signal detection theory, kebiasaan verifikasi, perbedaan topik berita

  1. S1-2023-440865-abstract.pdf  
  2. S1-2023-440865-bibliography.pdf  
  3. S1-2023-440865-tableofcontent.pdf  
  4. S1-2023-440865-title.pdf