Mass Spread Of News According To Islamic Jurisprudence And Legislation In Malaysia

Penularan Berita Menurut Syarak dan Perundangan di Malaysia

Abstract

News is a report on current, important, odd and interesting issues, as well as ideas and opinions that attracts a lot of readers. However, today the phenomenon of mass spread of news is no longer considered as important as society now prefers to share the news without knowing the accuracy of a news story. In fact, this phenomenon is widespread in Facebook, an increasingly popular social networking site today. This article discusses the concept of mass spread of news according to Islamic jurisprudence and legislation in Malaysia. A few examples of mass news spread on Facebook social sites will be discussed as well. This study applies the qualitative approach by analyzing the views of ulama’ and legislators in Malaysia, as well as conducting observations towards the mass spread of news in Facebook. Collected data are analyzed descriptively and thematically. The study found that there are differences in understanding the concept of mass spread of news between Islamic jurisprudence and legislation, where the Islamic jurisprudence emphasize and maintains the authenticity of the news before it is disseminated while the legislation is seen to be more in the interest of the people's right to privacy if there is any mistake in spreading the news. This study also found that there are two types of news that is spreading in Facebook, namely positive news that can bring goodness if disseminated and also negative news, which if disseminated will cause harm to religion, individuals, society and nation.

Keywords: Mass spread, News, Facebook, Islamic jurisprudence, Legislation.


Abstrak

Berita merupakan sebuah laporan mengenai isu semasa yang tepat, penting, ganjil dan menarik, serta idea dan pendapat yang menarik perhatian sejumlah pembaca. Namun, dewasa ini fenomena penularan sesebuah berita tidak lagi dianggap penting memandangkan masyarakat sekarang lebih suka berkongsi berita yang diterima tanpa mengetahui ketepatan sesebuah berita yang disampaikan. Malah fenomena ini amat berleluasa di laman sosial Facebook yang kian popular pada zaman sekarang. Artikel ini membincangkan mengenai konsep penularan berita menurut syarak dan perundangan di Malaysia. Beberapa contoh penularan berita yang berleluasa di laman sosial Facebook dibincangkan juga. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dengan menganalisis pandangan para ulama dan ahli perundangan di Malaysia, serta menjalankan sedikit pemerhatian terhadap penularan berita di Facebook. Data terkumpul dianalisis secara diskriptif dan tematik. Kajian mendapati bahawa terdapat perbezaan dalam memahami konsep penularan berita di antara syarak dan perundangan iaitu syarak lebih mementingkan dan menjaga keaslian sesebuah berita itu sebelum disebarkan manakala perundangan pula dilihat lebih kepada menjaga kepentingan hak kepenggunaan masyarakat jika berlaku sebarang kesalahan dalam menyebarkan berita. Kajian ini juga mendapati bahawa terdapat dua bentuk berita yang menjadi tular di Facebook iaitu berita tular yang bersifat positif yang boleh mendatangkan kebaikan jika disebarkan dan juga bersifat negatif, yang mana jika disebarkan akan menyebabkan keburukan pada agama, individu, masyarakat dan negara.

Kata kunci: Penularan, berita, Facebook, Syarak, Perundangan.