Pentingnya Literasi Media Sosial Dan Budaya Membaca Untuk Melawan Berita Hoax Di Kalangan Mahasiswa

Abstract

Media literacy is very necessary along with advances and technological sophistication. Literacy culture is important for the younger generation because they can easily obtain information quickly at an unspecified place and time, so it is necessary to exchange information related to hoaxes, discussions so that a community can be built that is resistant to hoaxes so that media literacy, a reading culture and the end Hoax news can be realized. Therefore, the current generation must be wiser and more critical in filtering and disseminating information from social media. Based on data from UNESCO, there are five types of literacy, namely (a) basic literacy, (b) library literacy, (c) media literacy, (d) technological literacy, and (e) visual literacy. Based on the importance of literacy and reading culture in understanding hoax news from Community Service activities, it is necessary to carry out media literacy among students in Indonesia, especially what has been done at Mamuju Muhammadiyah University, West Sulawesi.