HOAX DAN BANALITAS KEJAHATAN (Studi Pustaka tentang fenomena hoax dan keterkaitannya dengan Banalitas Kejahatan)

Abstrak

In internet, there is no deceits which inflicts polemics, conflicts and discords amid public more
than hoax. Hoax becomes our seorius problem. Hoax effectively provokes and escalates social
and politic tension by tampering sectarian, racial and ideological sentiments. Hoax scrapes
people’s critical thinking as well. This study aimed to describe and analize how hoax misleads
public perception, disrupts common moral values, and brings people toward a certain situation
called banality of evil.
Key words : hoax, critical thought, banality of evil