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Topic : Hoax
Ts.      : There are some reason that affect people easily believe hoax
Title.  : Hoax goes viral ? Be smart!

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Idea 1 : just reading the title without reading entire contents of the news
Idea 2 : Reluctant to find the truth and re- verify the news
Idea 3 : an invitation like "share as a reward"

Conclusion : Filter before sharing

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Hoax Goes Viral ? Be Smart !!

According to Werme (2016), Hoax or deception is false news that provide information that intentionally misleads people and has a certain political agenda. Hoaks are not just misleading, information in false news also has no factual basis, but is presented as if they are supporting facts, and not a few people who believe the hoax news such as Great Deception of the Moon in 1835 and the Cardiff Giant. There are some reason that affect people easily believe fake news.

To start off it, most people just read the title without reading the entire contents of the news, taken from research conducted by DailySocial.id, a technology blog from Jakarta, in collaboration with the Jakpat Cellular Survey Platform. Researching the distribution of hoax content in digital platforms to 2,032 respondents. Noted as much as 44.19 percent could not detect  false news of all respondents involved, this study consider as much as 44.19 percent were unable to detect hoax news, readers are only interested in the title and not read the contents. Maybe people often see the titles or posts that tickle and even make furious. Howeve, no matter how interesting the title, we still need to read the entire news.

Secondly, most people are reluctant to find the truth of the news and re-verify. Presidium Masyarakat Anti Fitnah Indonesia (Mafindo) Anita Wahid said the laziness of verification and coupled with the phenomenon of the Echo Chamber. This phenomenon is a social media user who is in a similar-minded friendship environment.As a result of this phenomenon is a news compilation, someone can immediately believe it. The reason, they have received news of hoax validation from friends with similar considerations. A psychological study said that news taken from someone else will be asked according to what the news wants them to be intrigued. Well it's because they lazy to find out more because they don't understand how to verify the truth.

Furthermore, Just by flicking a feeling of being rewarded both morally and spiritually is enough to encourage many people to act quickly in processing information without finding out the truth. Based on research results by dailysocial.id, hoax news is very common in media social such us facebook platform (81, 25%), whatsapp (56.55%), and instagram (29.48%) Keep in mind that real action has more impact than just "like". Starting from the closest and the smallest around you.

Therefore, hopefully we do not too quickly to share hoax news, there is no harm in finding the truth of the information first, filter before sharing.Are you ready to explore the virtual world more wisely and always learn to be better? Let's start it !

COVID-19 pandemic : A blessing in disguise ?

The COVID-19 pandemic is the global health crisis and the biggest challenge we have faced since the World War Two. It was first detected late last year in China, where Covid 19 has spread to hundreds of countries from various continents except Antarctica (Nadescha Zwerschke; 4/20/2020). Cases are increasing every day in Asia, Africa, America, as well as Europe. This makes countries try hard to slow the spread of the virus by tracking contacts, limiting travel, quarantine and canceling large gathering. The worst of Covid-19 is more than just a health crisis but has the potential to create a devastating social, economic and political crisis that will leave deep scars. However despite the many negative sides, people should be able to realize that Covid 19 also has a positive side.

To begin with, according to anthropologist and cognitive scientist Samuel Veissiere Ph.D, Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, the world has flocking to defeat a common enemy. This global collaboration never happened before this outbreak, everyone and countries only thought of their own problems like political issues, climate change,etc. Everything changed 180 degrees when Covid-19 appeared. Covid 19 makes everyone and the country focus on the same thing. For example, China deployed medical personnel to help Italy (SCMP; 11/3/2020) , which is in the Covid-19 crisis. Even the two countries that have conflicts, namely Israel and Palestine unite to fight the Covid-19 Virus outbreak in the form of providing temporary shelter by Israel for 70 Palestinian workers (Shay Pauzne, an Official at israeli construction Association; 24/3/20).

Secondly, carbon dioxide emissions certainly will decrease as a result of the lockdown rules set by most countries. Some of the largest  carbon dioxide producers are trucks, automobiles and airplanes. Since the onset of several policies to prevent the spread of Corona virus over the last few months, such as factories closed, social movement restricted, and halted transportation have caused global greenhouse gas emissions drop significantly. A recent study by Global Carbon Project reported, carbon dioxide (CO2) gas has reduced drastically to 17 % worldwide. For instance, the NASA satellites have documented significant reductions in air pollution approximately 20-30% in China, and the same thing too in major cities all over the world.

Moreover, the entire lifestyle changed to practice better hygiene, before Covid 19, most people forgot to wash their hands as often as needed, perhaps because of a hectic lifestyle. But since the spread of the corona virus, many have echoed that the best way to prevent the corona virus is by diligently washing hands as stated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Ministry of Health of Republic of Indonesia, “Washing hands frequently using soap and water will kill the Corona virus that sticks even before it infects the human body, because Corona virus shell is made of fat, and the shell is very fragile if exposed to detergent”. Thus, almost everyone has a lifestyle change from handshaking with namaste, covering mouth when coughing, cleaning hands after touching other objects. This habit will likely remain in people's lives after the pandemic ends, as a result physical well-being will be better maintained.

Therefore, stay healthy and don't panic to face Covid 19 pandemic which actually makes us stress. Honestly, there are few positive effects beside the many negative effects of Covid 19. Covid 19 pandemic is the most terrible way to improve the environmental health.