Procedia of Social Sciences and Humanities
Vol. 1 (2021): Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference On Intelectuals Global Responsibility

Information Needs Among Indonesian People Related to COVID-19

Rokhmayanti Rokhmayanti (Ahmad Dahlan University)
Sulistyawati Sulistyawati (Ahmad Dahlan University)
Budi Aji (Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto)
Siwi Pramatama Mars Wijayanti (Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jan 2021

Abstract

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.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pssh

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Subject

Humanities Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Social Sciences

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