An Attitudinal Analysis of Social Actor on Indonesia Capital City Movement

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201215.058How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Appraisal theory, capital city movement, Twitter

Abstract

This study discusses the attitudes of public figures on Twitter about the planning of relocating Indonesia’s capital to East Kalimantan. The attitudes of public figures have a significant influence on public opinion. However, linguistic analysis of the attitude of public figures in the discourse of relocating the capital city to East Kalimantan has not been carried out. This study aims to investigate (1) the attitudes demonstrated by public figures on social media regarding the discourse on relocating the capital city to East Kalimantan, (2) the public’s reaction to the attitudes of these public figures. This is descriptive qualitative research using criteria-based sampling techniques. The data were obtained from the Twitter accounts of one public figure with ten comments from their followers on tweets discussing the issue of relocating the Indonesian capital to East Kalimantan. Furthermore, data were analyzed using the attitude appraisal theory framework developed by Martin and White (2005). Language attitude in this study is divided into three aspects, namely affect, judgment, and appreciation. Through the appraisal analysis, it shows that effect, judgment, and appreciation were used by public figures dominated by negative appreciation. Although the attitudes of public figures were found to be in the form of negative appreciation than other appraisal languages, these attitudes received positive responses and support from the public. It means public figures were able to shape public opinion, especially in the discourse of relocating the Indonesian capital. This study implies that these findings are expected to be able to make everyone wiser in arguing on social media by avoiding causing conflict. Besides, the awareness was also raised through this study that the attitude a person shows can affect the way others perceive that person.

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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  - Kiki Fitriana
AU  - Wawan Gunawan
AU  - Dadang Sudana
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - An Attitudinal Analysis of Social Actor on Indonesia Capital City Movement
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 373
EP  - 378
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.058
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.058
ID  - Fitriana2020
ER  -