The Impact on Hoax News among Societies: What Islamic Expert Say?

Abstract

This study aimed to get an agreement and expert views the impact on hoax news among societies. This study employs Fuzzy Delphi method using a 7 Likert scale to collect responses of 7 experts in various fields of education at public universities in Malaysia. A total of 13 item questionnaire was given to experts for evaluation. Fuzzy Delphi method was used for data analysis. Data were analyzed using triangular fuzzy numbering (triangular fuzzy number) and position (ranking) of each variable is determined using the’ defuzzification' process. The findings show that, response and expert consensus on the impact of Hoax news among societies in current world. The overall findings of the expert consensus agreement exceed 75%, the overall value of the threshold (d)< 0.2 and a α-cut exceeds 0.5. The priority guidelines elements were sorted by priority and were refined by adding and dropping item as recommended by experts.