Internet revolution has started
since 1980. The advance of this technology help people to gain information
across the world. Information flows rapidly. In the other side, this advantage
can be manipulated as tool to spread untrue news. Social media activities
without digital literalion can be seen as one of the factors that contribute to
spread hoax news. Tirto stated that 1.002 adult respondents shared various news
eventough they still doubt the truth in some of them. Common Sense Media survey
in 2017 showed that 31% from 853 respondents were also not sure about the truth
behind news they shared. It illustrates that however adults seen as more
understanding party, still many of them do not have second thought to check the
truth before sharing a news.
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Hoax defined as false
information. Hoax news manipulate and plant doctrin, so the readers think and
take actions according to this false informations. Most of the hoax news
content are provocative and spread hate, doubt, insecure feelin.g, and worry. Hoax
can be materialized as naration or meme that lead readers to have negative
opinion toward other group in society.
This condition raised worrisome among parents. Moreover, children are fast learner. How hoax affect
children development?
Making internet free world is
impossible, because children now live in connection and information era. Parents
should embrace this technology, so parents can have understanding and make themselves
as co-learner together with their children. The task of the parents is to build
immunity from these hoax news.
Children who drawn to hoax news
will have false understanding, belief, or knowledges. It will do more harm if
these children believe only in what they read and have extrim belief as results
of hoax “brain washing”. Parents should try to develop children “scientific” thinking
that they have curiosity to question the facts behind informations. Intelligence
does not always a sole factor that determine an individu can recognized a true
or hoax information. But it is more important to have critical thinking to face
this phenomenon.
How can parents do that?
- “Be there” parents for social media and internet matters. Parents can guide children if they give attention to what activities children engage in social media. Parents do not have to monitor children in an inch close, but through build warm communication. Children will feel safe to tell their experiences to parents without feel that they were spied. Doing activities related to social media or internet also can give opportunity to guide and share some values with children.
- Discussion. Do not panic if children found and ask about news that contain hoax in it. It can serve as discussion time. Try to investigate together with children and ask what their opinion. Teach children some skills that needed to reveal the truth that lie in what they read such as find confirmation from experts, web or other medias we can find the expert, various source that we can rely on, and check the facts with parents or other adults.
- Build positive values. If we easily believe in hate spread that hoax news bring, the we succesfully played. Teach children about love, altruism, trust, and avoid stereotyping and jump to conlusion thinking. Teach children to have open mind.
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