Name: Kemala Mayliana

Student ID: 2126000027

Do you agree with Hoax?

Nowadays, as the technology has evolved

advanced to the spreading of information, we
either become easy or fast to get and share the
information. As its rapid spreading, the
reliability of its content and origin somehow
become vulnerable because everyone is freely
allowed to share the content. The free-share
content of information often leads to
disinformation. That kind of disinformation is
called hoaxes. Wikipedia defines a hoax as “a
deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth.” The Oxford English
Dictionary adds another aspect by defining a hoax as “a humorous or mischievous
deception.” Thus, according to the definition and intertwined to the question, I disagree with
hoax.
There are reasons behind my disagreement with hoaxes. The main cause is because
the effects its affected. Hoaxes are usually shared by those who have specific intention as an
attempt to influence others. My disagreement with hoax is because the shared information is
created to persuade people that things that are unsupported by facts are true. For example, the
person responsible for the celebrity-death story has created a hoax. Furthermore, hoaxes can
also cause hatred and conflict in community. For instance, we can see this phenomenon
during the presidential campaign. There are lots of information we get (from internet or social
medias) about the wrong information about one candidate or vice versa. In this case, it could
influence its supporters and lead to discordance. The hoaxes also could spread in any
circumstance to deliberately influence the people whether to change their point of view or
make conflict among them. They could be suspicious to each other, blaming each other, and
considering that their stance is the best among all.
Besides, hoaxes can also be more dangerous in a society where its reading literacy
ability is low. Society with low reading literacy could be easily manipulated and believe to
the information they get, even though they have not conceived yet about the truth of the
information. In summary, I strongly disagree to hoaxes. Because of it, we do not get the right
information, where no one has the accountability and responsibility of the shared information.
Thus, as the technology keep on widely evolving rapidly, it means there is possibility of
getting new information any easier and even faster in the near future. For that uncontrollable
thing what we can do is to enhance our capability to read accordingly to an information, then
choose the right information to share, understand the conformity of the content, and wisely
share the information to others who need.