The Utilization of Toxic Relationship Victims’ Legitimations on the Online Platform Quora

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10.2991/978-2-38476-321-4_5How to use a DOI?

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legitimation; CDA; adolescent; toxic relationship; Quora

Abstract

In the globalization era, world seems no boundaries. Information is easily accessible to everyone, including adolescents, regardless of their location or time. Adolescents who are in the stage of seeking for their identity, nowadays, they can absorb many values from all over the world through the development of globalization technology, such as the development of internet and social media. Those give great impacts to their development in thinking and socializing with others, especially the romantic relationship type that they want to be involved. Unfortunately, they caught in a very serious problem related to the unhealthy romantic relationship known as a toxic relationship. Adolescents who have a toxic relationship are ready to do anything for their partners, even it is something dangerous that can harm their being physically and mentally. From this phenomenon, this research investigated the utilization of legitimation from the victims to confirm their actions to the institution called a toxic relationship on Quora, a popular question and answer online platform in Indonesia. This research was qualitative research which implements Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach of Norman Fairclough. The legitimation strategies theory proposed by Leeuwen also employed in this research. The results indicated that victims of a toxic relationship on Quora, who were adolescents, used the legitimation strategies to substantiate the occurrences they acquired in their relationship. Those legitimations had an implication to confine them profoundly in the toxic relationship.

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AU  - Wati Purnama Sari
AU  - Warto Warto
AU  - Titis Srimuda Pitana
AU  - Sri Kusumo Habsari
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/24
TI  - The Utilization of Toxic Relationship Victims’ Legitimations on the Online Platform Quora
BT  - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Communication, Language, Literature, and Culture (ICCoLliC 2024)
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SN  - 2352-5398
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