MILLENIAL PARTICIPATION AND ACTION FOR AGAINST HOAKS INFORMATION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEMOCRACY PARTY 2019

Yogia, Moris Adidi and Wedayanti, Made Devi and Pratama, Aidil Tri (2019) MILLENIAL PARTICIPATION AND ACTION FOR AGAINST HOAKS INFORMATION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEMOCRACY PARTY 2019. In: 1 ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF GRADUATE PROGRAM (ICGP), July 5-6, 2019, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY).

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Abstract

The implementation of a democratic party in the State of Indonesia is a right and obligation to choose the leader of the country and become a representative of the community who will later obtain a mandate to advance and prosper the country. The Party of Democracy cannot be separated from all components, groups and layers of society. Today’s generation or its familiarity, namely millennials, especially in the city of Pekanbaru, have an important role in determining their voting rights inside Elections and more critical of all information media obtained regarding the Party of Democracy. The issue of the rise of HOAKS information certainly makes all levels of society doubtful about the information obtained and also becomes a dilemma of whether the information is correct in its accuracy or merely lies (HOAKS). Moreover, opposing the action on 21-22 May 2019 the government took an action that detrimental to some sections of society, namely limiting the use of the internet solely to avoid the spread of hoaxes which could provoke riots in opposing election results so that people could not send or download videos and photos on Social media. For this reason, research was conducted with qualitative methods. Today’s generation or millennials form the Indonesian Anti-Defamation Society (MAFINDO). Contributions made by MAFINDO are very important to reduce information about hoaxes that enter the community. The program conducted by MAFINDO namely Factchecking, Education, Advocacy, Silaturrahmi. The result of this study is that MAFINDO is one of the volunteers who has consistently carried out programs to protect information.

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