The Speech Act of Advising as Netizens’ Response to 2019 Presidential-VP Candidate Polling on YouTube in Rocky Gerung’s Channel

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201230.027How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Advising, Speech acts, Presidential election, Rocky Gerung, YouTube

Abstract

This study aimed to identify speech act used in YouTube’s comment section posted by YouTube users or netizens as a response to the 2019 Presidential-VP candidate polling in Rocky Gerung’s Channel. The data was obtained by using note-taking technique. First, the study observed the reaction of netizens in YouTube’s comment section and then made the transcripts of the comments observed. Afterwards, the transcription was turned into datasheet to finally be classified according to Searle’s classification of speech acts. The result of the analysis showed that the speech act of advising is the most frequently used speech act by the netizens. The research also revealed the importance of advising in keeping politeness in written comments. This research also showed the mentality of “speak a good word or remain silent” inherent to the Indonesian culture.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nico Harared
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/31
TI  - The Speech Act of Advising as Netizens’ Response to 2019 Presidential-VP Candidate Polling on YouTube in Rocky Gerung’s Channel
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 139
EP  - 142
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201230.027
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201230.027
ID  - Harared2020
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