Siwi Pramatama Mars Wijayanti
Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto

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Information Needs Among Indonesian People Related to COVID-19 Rokhmayanti Rokhmayanti; Sulistyawati Sulistyawati; Budi Aji; Siwi Pramatama Mars Wijayanti
Procedia of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 1 (2021): Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference On Intelectuals Global Responsibility
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo

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This is an online survey research of 816 respondents aged ≥ 18 years throughout Indonesia, aiming at analyzing the information seeking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. This is a descriptive analytic research with cross-sectional design, aiming at describing the information seeking behavior of Indonesian people during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sociodemographic data and the respondents‘ information seeking behavior were analyzed descriptively, and then using the Chi-Square Test. Significant results (p<0,05) were found in the relationship between age and marital status with the information seeking behavior about the transmission of COVID-19 in Indonesia, the number of infected people in Indonesia, and the number of infected people in the world. This research results can be used as a reference for related parties in providing information about COVID-19 to be able to consider the age group and community marital status, thus it is expected to influence knowledge as well as to increase the behavior of preventing community against the COVID-19 transmission.