Communication Accommodation Strategies of Non-Mappi Communities towards Indigenous People of Mappi District

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10.2991/978-2-38476-236-1_95How to use a DOI?

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Communication Accommodation; Mappi; Interaction; Conflict

Abstract

This research aims to find out what obstacles are experienced by migrants or non-Mappi people and indigenous Mappi people in communication interactions and how efforts to adjust behavior or communication accommodation made by mi- grants in Mappi district, South Papua. The method used is descriptive qualitative explaining the phenomenon in depth through data collection. The theory used is Communication Accommodation Theory which serves to explain how to interact by making adjustments with the aim of accommodating the interlocutor. The in- formants involved in this research are Bugis ethnic communities who have a basic food business in Mappi district. The results of this study The obstacle experienced by non-Mappi people is the sensitive nature of the Mappi community so that it is necessary to take into account their behaviors towards indigenous people when interacting. When communicating with inland communities by following the tone of speech of the inland community, and not looking directly into the eyes of the interlocutor when interacting. Communication accommodation strategies between non-Mappi communities, in this case the Bugis ethnicity and the behavior of the Mappi community, namely convergence by blending in, not being too dominant and giving in when interacting with indigenous people.

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AU  - Nirwana Nirwana
AU  - Muhammad Farid
AU  - Ahmad Ismail
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/04/29
TI  - Communication Accommodation Strategies of Non-Mappi Communities towards Indigenous People of Mappi District
BT  - Proceedings of the World Conference on Governance and Social Sciences (WCGSS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 874
EP  - 883
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-236-1_95
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