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nirwana.arfin@gmail.com
Abstract
This study aims to determine the form of hoax language on social media. This study uses a qualitative
descriptive method designed to gather information about temporary situations. Sources of data used and
presented regarding hoax news are taken from links to the anti-hoax forum www.turnbackhoax.id and
www.hoaxbuster.id; virtual discussion forum from the page www.facebook.com/IndoHoaxBuster;
www.facebook.com/groups/FAFHH; as well as some screenshots from the author's personal collection. Data
collection techniques in this study used observation, documentation, and related previous research that
contained hoax elements. Data analysis in this study used qualitative analysis. The results showed that the
tendency of hoax language contained in social media was marked by: a) evocative titles, b) excessive use of
punctuation, c) imperative words, and d) non-standard language. These linguistic signs can be used as
parameters to detect information that is included in fact or fake news.
Keywords: Language, Hoax, Indonesian Social Media
Abstrak
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk bahasa hoax di media sosial. Penelitian ini menggunakan
metode deskriptif kualitatif yang dirancang untuk mengumpulkan informasi tentang keadaan-keadaan yang
sementara berlangsung. Sumber data yang dimanfaatkan dan disajikan berkenaan dengan berita hoaks diambil
dari pranala forum anti-hoaks www.turnbackhoax.id dan www.hoaxbuster.id; forum diskusi virtual dari laman
www.facebook.com/IndoHoaxBuster ; www.facebook.com/groups/FAFHH ; serta beberapa hasil screenshot
koleksi pribadi penulis. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan observasi, dokumentasi,
dan penelitian terdahulu yang terkait yang mengandung unsur hoax. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini
menggunakan analisis kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kecenderungan Bahasa hoaks yang terdapat
dalam media sosial ditandai dengan: a) judul yang bersifat evokatif, b) penggunaan tanda baca yang
berlebihan, c) kata imperatif, dan d) Bahasa yang tidak baku. Tanda-tanda kebahasaan yang tersebut dapat
dimanfaatkan sebagai parameter untuk mendeteksi sebuah informasi masuk ke dalam berita fakta atau berita
bohong.
Kata kunci: Bahasa, Hoax, Media Sosial Indonesia
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cultural environment (in this context the is often not even preceded by clarification or
digital era) and the emergence of personal checking the correctness of the information,
disorientation towards new experiences in a phenomenon known as Priyambodo (2013)
utilizing technology. People who are usually with the term clicking monkey. This is
treated to information from conventional testament to the culture shock that is
media sources - which have gone through a happening around us.
strict editorial process - encounter new Efforts to reduce the spread of hoaxes
problems when everyone can produce have actually begun, starting from media
information and news which are then verification and blocking of sites by the
disseminated through digital media. Truth Ministry of Communication and Information
and lies mix together so that information and press verification, the birth of anti hoax
will appear vague, gray, and biased. communities in various big cities, and
The exodus of news connoisseurs forums discussion, either virtual or face-to-
towards digital media can redefine the face. It seems that the only effective effort to
notion of mainstream media, which has been tackle the spread of hoaxes in Indonesia is
dominated by conventional media. Because through literacy enhancement education, as
in reality, digital media is now a new mecca stated by Rudiantara, the Minister of
for information seekers. The occurrence of Communication and Information.
this shift is evidenced by the increasing Intelligence in digesting and producing
number of television channels / programs information is the main thing that cannot be
that adopt news from information published denied in this digital era. This is why digital
through digital media. Not infrequently, literacy is part of the 21st century skills that
shows like On The Spot began to color each must be possessed by the world's population
television channel. In fact, several television which should be implemented into the
channels, whose programs are dominated by school curriculum as is the case in developed
news programs, display current events that countries (Tenriawali, 2018).
are currently viral or trending topics on One form of increasing literacy can be
social media such as Twitter, YouTube, or achieved by continuous education to the
Facebook. No doubt, this opportunity is used public. With the increase in critical power
by people who are not responsible for and sharper analysis, it is hoped that this can
spreading fake news. Social media is a become a provision for the community in
promising market for hoax circulation (Shao facing the massive information circulating.
et al., 2018) to disturb the peace of society at In this context, language analysis can
all levels, regardless of age, profession, or contribute in detecting fake news, in addition
even educational level. to analysis that is technological in nature.
Advances in information and The title, terrace, and part of the news
communication technology have also content produced by means of language can
accelerated widespread hoaxes. It is not in fact be used as a parameter to detect the
surprising that social media is the main symptoms of a hoax news. This short article
target because it is the application most describes the linguistic features that appear
frequently accessed by internet users. The with high frequency in several hoaxes,
public is treated to a lot of fake news pacing ranging from punctuation, words, to the
the timelines on their personal social media narratives used in fake news.
accounts. Because the titles are often Fake news or better known as hoax
provocative, bombastic, and excited, as a (hoax; hocus pocus) is defined as lies that
result users are hooked and easily share them are deliberately made to disguise the existing
by sharing and broadcasting to other truth (Zubagia et al, 2016). In Merriam
accounts they are familiar with. This activity Webster, hoax is interpreted as an attempt to
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trick objects into believing or accepting The process of meaning begins with a
something that is wrong and does not make sensing process, a process of experience that
sense. In online KBBI, hoax is defined as: must be continuous. This stream of sense
(1) untrue, lie (about news, messages, etc.); experience, at first, was meaningless.
(2) fake news (Bajelidze et al, 2011). In its Meaning arises when connected to previous
development, hoaxes can be interpreted as experiences and through the process of
fake news that is deliberately spread to seek interacting with other people. Therefore,
public excitement. Although according to there is an individual meaning, and there is
the percentage of political issues becoming also a collective meaning about a
hot topics related to hoaxes, other issues phenomenon (Saidna dkk, 2017). In this
such as sara, food and drink, health, sad study, researchers collected data including:
news are also targets of fake news coverage. related previous research, reference books,
Based on the above background, this observation and news documentation
research will analyze the linguistic containing hoax elements.
phenomenon that is usually used in hoax Sources of data used and presented
news on Indonesian social media. regarding hoax news are taken from links to
the anti-hoax forum www.turnbackhoax.id
RESEARCH METHOD and www.hoaxbuster.id; virtual discussion
Research method is a comprehensive forum from the page
method or strategy to find or obtain the www.facebook.com/IndoHoaxBuster;
necessary data (Bin Tahir, 2017). This www.facebook.com/groups/FAFHH; as well
research is descriptive, research that aims to as some screenshots from the author's
provide a description of a community or a personal collection. This source was chosen
particular group of people or a description of because the news published had been
a symptom or a relationship between two or verified and tested whether the news was
more symptoms (Bin Tahir, 2020). true or not with other more reliable news
Descriptive method describes the nature of a sources so that it was identified as hoax. The
situation that is currently running at the time discredited news is then documented,
of the study, and examines the causes of a classified, and analyzed based on the
particular symptom (Emzir, 2010). similarity in its linguistic elements, from
This study uses a qualitative punctuation, words, to narrative text using
descriptive method designed to gather markup reading techniques (Wael dkk,
information about temporary situations. 2021).
Qualitative descriptive research is a method Data analysis is the systematic process
of examining the status of a group of people, of finding and organizing interview
an object with the aim of making a transcriptions, field notes, about these
systematic, factual and accurate descriptive, materials, and to enable you to present what
image or painting of the facts or phenomena you have found to others (Emzir, 2010). In
being investigated (Bin Tahir & Hanapi, this case the writer uses qualitative analysis,
2017). Based on the theory of meaning that the collected data is then
phenomenology by Alfred Schutz, in The described in words, separated according to
Penomenology of Social World (1967), it is inductive thinking patterns, namely looking
argued that people actively interpret their at facts and events in particular and then
experiences by giving signs and meanings generalizing to a general nature (Bin Tahir &
about what they see. Furthermore, Schutz Rinantanti, 2016). The data analysis process
explained that sensory experience actually that the author uses in this study is after the
has no meaning. All that just exists, objects data is collected, then the data is selected
are meaningful (Narbuko & Ahmadi, 2013). first, then the writer will process and analyze
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the research data so that it can be made an provocative, and has the potential to become
objective decision by taking conclusions a problem. Most of what happens to hoaxes,
based on existing facts and assembling them titles are created in order to attract the
into solutions to the problems in this study. reader's eye "eye-catching" so sometimes
Title, terrace, and news content are the main add photos as illustrations to make the reader
points of attention, especially the headline more convincing. In this way, the reader's
because according to a growing opinion or view is directed to immediately
phenomenon, the silent majority often conclude 'jump to conclusion' without
spreads news because it is provoked by the having to read the complete news content.
title without opening and reading the news Evocative titles are usually related to
content as a whole. Finally, the issues that are currently being discussed. The
characteristics or characteristics of hoax inducement titles are basically in contrast to
language can be mapped as a tool for the titles published in the news from reliable
checking hoaxes or factual news. sources, for example Kompas, Koran
Tempo, Republika, Media Indonesia. The
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION headings on fake news are arranged in such
From the findings, hoaxes are mostly a way that they appear as a truth or fact that
circulating on Facebook social media. News has just been revealed. Unbalanced, partisan,
distribution is often carried out by an unclear and containing elements of sedition
account of the owner. This can be seen from characterize a provocative title. As an
the name of the account concerned, which example is seen in the following screenshot:
usually does not use the real name; using an
alias that is often longer. The ease of
creating new accounts and the absence of
verification of personal data by service
providers are the reasons for the emergence
of fake accounts managed by irresponsible
people.
The perpetrators of hoax spreading can
actually be divided into two: (1) perpetrators
who deliberately spread hoaxes; (2) the The screenshot above is an example of
perpetrator who accidentally spreads hoaxes. a hoax circulating in the community. The
The number of perpetrators who accidentally hoax discourse above discusses the
spread hoaxes can be reduced by increasing government's plan to carry out a rapid test of
literacy skills. Thus, it can turn into a smart 5000 ustadz in West Java. The government's
user (even able to clarify when hoaxes plan to carry out a rapid test on 5000 ustadz
appear) so that fake news can recede by is based on the government's concern about
itself. The following shows the findings that ustadz and ulama who interact more
can be used as hoax detectors, especially frequently with the community and the
through language tools. discovery of many cases of santri exposed to
Covid-19, making the government take
1. The title is evocative preventive steps by conducting rapid tests on
The title should be the essence of the ustad. However, much of the discourse
news so that the contents of the news can be circulating in the community regarding the
known briefly through reading the title. This government's plan to carry out a rapid test on
is why, the title is made as attractive as the ustad was not accompanied by an
possible in order to attract readers' interest. adequate explanation of the government's
A good title does not lead to news bias, is reasons for conducting the rapid test. As for
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