“‘The Chinese are coming’: in Indonesia, education doesn’t stop people believing falsehoods” – Op-Ed by Ibnu Nadzir, Sari Seftiani and Yogi Setya Permana

This article was first published as ISEAS Perspective 2019/92 “Hoax and Misinformation in Indonesia: Insights from a Nationwide Survey” by Ibnu Nadzir, Sari Seftiani and Yogi Setya Permana and extracted for publication by South China Morning Post on 8 November 2019. 

Guest writers, Ibnu Nadzir is a researcher at the Centre for Society and Culture – Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI), Sari Seftiani is a researcher at Centre for Population Studies – LIPI, and Yogi Setya Permana is a researcher at Centre for Political Studies – LIPI.