Abstract:
The problem of spreading hoax news is a problem that needs serious attention because most of those exposed to hoaxes are high school-level teenagers. The implementation of this community service activity is carried out at Public High School 1 Marabahan to minimize the spread of pandemic and disaster hoax news through group guidance in high schools. Group guidance is used because it is a form of group guidance that immediately deals with the topic of hoax news. Group guidance leads to the development of the ability to have the understanding, characteristics, and impact of hoax news, and have the skills or ability to criticize news so that in the end you can avoid the spread of hoax news so that the spread of hoax news can be minimized, especially on social aspects. and morals. The implementation of group guidance in this initial progress report is a needs assessment activity for the spread of hoax news. Based on the distribution of hoax news instrument questionnaires, it was found that 73% of students were in the very high category, 20% of
students were in the high category, 7% of students were in the medium category, 0% of students were in a low category, and 0% of students were in the very low category. Therefore, group guidance to minimize hoax news is needed by counselees at Public High School 1 Marabahan. After being given group guidance, the counselee obtained that there were 0 (0%) students in the very high category, 0 (0%) students in the high category, 1 (7%) students in the medium category, 11 (73%) students in the low category, and 3 (7%) students in the very low category, then group guidance in minimizing the spread of hoax news is seen as successful in reducing exposure to hoax news. The data was taken from instruments that were distributed to students of Public High School 1 Marabahan, and in quantity, it was possible to get 15 students who might be involved in the implementation of group guidance.
