Pilot Study Suggests Online Media Literacy Programming Reduces Belief in False News in Indonesia
This addresses the problem of digital misinformation for the general public in Indonesia, but it is incremental as it builds on existing media literacy approaches.
The study tested an online media literacy program in Indonesia and found that participants who engaged with the training materials were more likely to identify misinformation than the control group, with a sample size of 1000.
Amidst the threat of digital misinformation, we offer a pilot study regarding the efficacy of an online social media literacy campaign aimed at empowering individuals in Indonesia with skills to help them identify misinformation. We found that users who engaged with our online training materials and educational videos were more likely to identify misinformation than those in our control group (total $N$=1000). Given the promising results of our preliminary study, we plan to expand efforts in this area, and build upon lessons learned from this pilot study.