Jurnal Psikologi Universitas Gadjah Mada
Vol 47, No 3 (2020)

Should I Trust Social Media? How Media Credibility and Language Affect False Memory

Dewi Maulina (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia)
Ishaq Mahmudil Hakim (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia)
Ladayna Nurul Arasy (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia)
Marsa Dhiya Millatina (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia)
Ermanda Saskia Siregar (Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Dec 2020

Abstract

This study examined the influence of credibility and .language in Internet-based media on false memory. A randomized factorial 2 (media credibility) × 2 (language) experimental design was conducted with 106 college students. The two groups of media credibility consisted of social media (LINE) and non-social media (detik.com), while media language consisted of formal and informal language. A confidence test was used to measure false memory. A two-factor ANOVA showed that media credibility significantly affects false memory. Participants in the detik.com group were more confident in the information received and had greater false memory than the LINE group. However, no significant effect of language was found, and no significant interaction effect between media credibility and language on false memory was found. This study suggests that individuals should be cautious when reading information on non-social media platforms, as individuals tend to place more confidence on the source, leading to greater false memory.

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Journal Info

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jpsi

Publisher

Subject

Education Public Health Social Sciences

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Jurnal Psikologi (jpsi) is an open-access journal, dedicated to the wide dissemination of novel and innovative empirical research in various aspects of psychology, with a particular interest – the development of psychology and behavioral sciences in the world. Jurnal Psikologi invites manuscripts ...