Most popular social media content 2019 Indonesia 2019

According to a survey conducted in Indonesia, 58.3 percent of respondents stated that they loved reading current news from social media. Indonesians accessed current news through both news broadcasts on television and news articles on online news media.    

News consumption

     Although TV news channels may still be the main source of news for most Indonesians, many of them have also taken advantage of the digitalization of news media in the country. In addition, the upward sloping trend of smartphone ownership, as well as mobile internet penetration, in the last years may have prompted more Indonesians to access news online at their convenience. Among Indonesian social media users, Facebook was considered to be the most informative social media platform. As of the first quarter of 2019, the main reason for reading news in Indonesia was to stay informed about both world and local affairs.  

 Hoaxes and misinformation problems 

      The changing way people consumed news in Indonesia, shifting towards online media such as social media, came with its consequences. Depending on their education background and exposure to hoax and misinformation, some Indonesians were still relatively prone to fall prey to them. According to a survey on hoaxes in Indonesia, over half of its respondents stated that they had difficulty in detecting hoaxes.