The Correlation Between Social Media use and the Stigma of Covid-19 in Adolescents

  • Sri Sunarti Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
  • Nida Amalia Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur,
  • Rusni Masnina Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur,
  • Muhammad Dodi Rahman Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
  • Eny Etika Raisha Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
  • Ferry Adiaksyah Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
  • Rida Sri Wahyuni Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
  • Badrani Abbas Al-Fajri Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kalimantan Timur
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37287/picnhs.v2i2.921
Keywords: COVID-19, stigma, adolescent

Abstract

The limited space for people to move during the COVID-19 pandemic has made people depend a lot on activities carried out online, including students who cannot study offline. Using social media is something that students at SMAN 7 Samarinda do almost every day, with a lot of news about COVID-19 spreading on the internet, which is not necessarily true, it can create a stigma against COVID-19.This study uses a quantitative research design and uses a Cross Sectional method. Data collected  was  using an electric questionnaire (google form). The sampling technique used in this research Stratified random sampling. The population in this research, sample was 154 students. The results in this study, obtained respondents with high use of social media amounted to 81 people (52.6%) and the number of respondents with low use of social media amounted to 73 people (47.4%). respondents with high stigma were 96 people (62.3%) and the results of low stigma were 58 people (37.7%). According to the results of statistical tests using the test, there was no significant relationship between the use of social media and negative stigma against COVID-19 in adolescent students of SMA Negeri 7 Samarinda. High use of social media has an effect on the positive stigma of Covid 19

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Published
2021-11-28
How to Cite
Sunarti, S., Amalia, N., Masnina, R., Rahman, M., Raisha, E., Adiaksyah, F., Wahyuni, R., & Al-Fajri, B. (2021). The Correlation Between Social Media use and the Stigma of Covid-19 in Adolescents. Proceedings of the International Conference on Nursing and Health Sciences, 2(2), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.37287/picnhs.v2i2.921
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Vol 2 No 2 (2021): July-December 2021
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