PENGARUH TERPAAN INFORMASI COVID-19 MELALUI MEDIA WHATSAPP TERHADAP TINGKAT KECEMASAN WARGA PERUMAHAN RANDUAGUNG INDAH RT 03 RW 13 SINGOSARI MALANG (Studi pada Warga Perumahan Randuagung Indah RT 03 RW 13 Singosari Malang)

Diseases that cause pandemics are a group of diseases, namely Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) which is an infectious disease caused by a new virus, namely the corona virus (WHO, 2020a). During the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of information was shared through social media in a structured and scheduled manner. At the same time, various and negative information related to COVID-19 burdens people's minds and psyche. This study aims to determine whether there is any effect of exposure to COVID-19 information via WhatsApp on the anxiety level of residents of the Randuagung Indah housing estate RT 03 RW 13 Singosari Malang. This study uses hypodermic needle theory with a quantitative research approach. The number of samples used were 94 respondents whose data was processed using SPSS 25 Software. The results showed that there was an effect of exposure to COVID-19 information through WhatsApp media on the level of anxiety of citizens. Based on the results of statistical tests, the significance value is 0.000 where the value is less than 0.05 which indicates that there has been exposure to COVID-19 information through WhatsApp media