Anxiety by COVID-19 Death Reports: Explanatory Study among Jakarta’s Muslim Young Adults

Rustono Farady Marta; Nani Kurniasari; Mufid Salim; T. Titi  Widaningsih; Al Ryanne Gabonada  Gatcho

doi:10.29313/mediator.v16i1.2215

Authors

Rustono Farady Marta Universitas Satya Negara Indonesia
Nani Kurniasari Universiti Sains Malaysia
Mufid Salim Ahmad Dahlan University
T. Titi Widaningsih University of Sahid Jakarta
Al Ryanne Gabonada Gatcho Hunan Institute of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29313/mediator.v16i1.2215

Keywords:

News Exposure, COVID-19, Anxiety Levels, Young Adults, Online Media

Abstract

The convergence of technology has led to a mass appearance in digital users worldwide. News media must also distribute their news broadcasts using the new advanced technology. In addition, the initial lethality of COVID-19 has led Indonesians astray with the chaos at the beginning of the pandemic. The research aims to identify how COVID-19 news exposure by Republika.co.id can affect the increased anxiety levels of Jakarta’s young adults aged 15-24 years old. Quantitative research uses a positivistic paradigm and a survey method to collect the primary data, whereas secondary data is collected through past surveys related to the study. The collected data will then be tested for validity and reliability before both data variables are tested with the Correlation Test and Coefficient Determination Test. The research results with 100 respondents implicate that the COVID-19 Pandemic news exposure by Republika.co.id is highly correlated to the increase of anxiety levels of Jakarta’s young adults. The effect of this exposure is based at 23,6%, which is a moderate level. The other 76,4% causing the increase in anxiety levels were external factors that were excluded from this research topic.

Author Biographies

Rustono Farady Marta, Universitas Satya Negara Indonesia

Dr. Rustono Farady Marta, S.Sos., M.Med.Kom (蔡益安) or familiarly called "Frad". Obtained his bachelor degree in Communication Science at Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya, then completed his Master's Degree in Post-Graduate Program of Media & Communication at Universitas Airlangga. Achievements in the field of research have been engraved when won the Best III at the Indonesia Media Research Awards and Summit (IMRAS) in 2014 (social media category) and the year 2015 (online media category). In 2016 received a Research Lecturer Scholarship from Tempo Institute, while 2017 awarded for National Research Grant for Dissertation by Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education Republic of Indonesia. To complete the study of Doctoral degree in Communication Sciences at Universitas Indonesia. He is a visiting assistant professor at the Faculty of Psychology at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia and Vice Rector of Student Affairs, Alumni, and Partnership at Universitas Satya Negara Indonesia. The specialties of Frad are the identity studies and communication media sciences. He also focuses on the development of a scientific journal by the Indonesian Communication Science Journal Publishers Association (APJIKI), also trusted to manage ASPIRATION Journal http://aspiration.id/index.php/asp/about as Editor-in-Chief. Other matters relating to the research track record can be viewed in full through SINTA ID: 259075, Scopus Author ID: 57211404689, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-4081, also accessible on: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rustono_Marta?ev=hdr_xprf

Nani Kurniasari, Universiti Sains Malaysia

School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang Malaysia

Mufid Salim, Ahmad Dahlan University

Department of Communication, Ahmad Dahlan University

T. Titi Widaningsih, University of Sahid Jakarta

Department of Communication, University of Sahid Jakarta

Al Ryanne Gabonada Gatcho, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology

School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology

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