inconsistency of information of indonesian government officials through themedia on public concern in preventing the spread of covid-19

The aim of the research is to reveal the influence of official disinformation through the media onpublic concern in preventing the spread of covid-19. the theory used in this research is carl i. hovland'scredibility source theory. a sample of 100 people from various walks of life in jakarta. the resultsshowed that the inconsistency of information from government officials had a positive and significanteffect on community concern in preventing covid-19. the positive influence shows that the inconsistencyof information from indonesian government officials is responded positively by the concern of the publicin preventing covid-19. the level of public awareness of disinformation, providing official informationthrough the media. the ability to overcome turbulence situations is to display consistency, defined as aunity of motion, between thoughts, speech and actions, in order to arrive at a common goal.