Analysis of Student Perceptions about COVID 19 Information in Media

Abstract

The need for the principle of media transparency in informing COVID-19 data is one of the ways to handle health problems, especially in preventing the transmission of COVID- 19. A capacity building in handling the COVID-19 pandemic through the transparency of the COVID-19 data in the media can be useful for developing and disseminating health information to the public. This will also help increase the awareness of the people facing this COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, people will also be able to take preventive actions and be motivated to increase their alertness and increase their immunity. This paper is an analysis of the previous study findings that were done through a survey. The survey was on the knowledge of students at the university in obtaining information and the extent of knowledge they have on COVID-19. This paper aims to investigate the perception of the students on the COVID-19 information on the media, and to what extent were the students prepared for the pandemic. The findings of this study are that the majority of students in Aceh stated that the COVID-19 pandemic information on the media is already transparent and precise, even though there are still shortcomings in the information delivery by the media.