Efektivitas Penerapan Media Komik Tanggap Bencana Terhadap Pengetahuan Kesiapsiagan Gempa Bumi di SMP Negeri 2 Pleret

Introduction: Indonesia is at a meeting between the Indo-Australian plate, the Eurasian plate and the Pacificplate. This plate has an influence in a disaster, one of which is an earthquake. Since the 1800s, the Special Regionof Yogyakarta has occurred five times a tectonic earthquake with a magnitude above 6 on the Richter scale.Objectives: Knowing the effectiveness of the implementation of disaster response comic media on knowledge ofearthquake disaster preparedness in class VII students in Pleret 2 Public Middle School.Methods: The type of quantitative research is the quasi experimental method, and the design is Nonequivalentwith control group. The study was conducted at Pleret 2 Public Middle School in May with a total sample of 68,measuring knowledge of disaster preparedness using a questionnaire. Data analysis using the Wilcoxon test todetermine the difference in pretest-posttest and Mann Whitney to determine the effectiveness of the treatmentgroup.Results: The results of the Wilcoxon analysis using comic media were 0,000 (p <0.05) indicating that there weredifferences before and after using comic media. The results of the Wilcoxon analysis in the control group were0.065 (p> 0.05) indicating that there was no difference before and after using the control group. The results ofMann Whitney analysis (0,000 <0,05) showed that there was effectiveness in using treatment groups.Conclusions: There is effectiveness in the implementation of disaster response comics media on knowledge ofearthquake disaster preparedness in class VII students in Pleret 2 Middle School.