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Jazeri, M. (2018). Communication Culture in Political Debate in Indonesia. KnE Social Sciences, 3(9), 364–376. https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v3i9.2698

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  • Jul 26, 2018

Communication Culture in Political Debate in Indonesia

KnE Social Sciences / The 1st International Seminar on Language, Literature and Education (ISLLE 2017) / Pages 364–376

Abstract

This study aimed to explain the communication culture in the political debate in Indonesia. The data of the study was interpersonal interactions in the presidential debate of 2014 as uploaded on YouTube. To understand the political function, meaning, and motivation of the text, the researcher applied the theory of political messages of Vedung, which consists of content analysis and functional analysis. The results revealed that the communication culture in the political debate in Indonesia was a culture of using indirect speech, concealment of a speaker’s identity, and politeness. Indirect speech is a way of expressing ideas implicitly, such as ambiguous terms and unspecific information. Concealing identity in the political debate was expressed by using the passive voice and the first person plural point of view. Politeness in the political debate appeared in the form of both positive politeness and negative politeness. In addition to these three cultures, impoliteness sometimes occurred as a communication culture. These findings demonstrated that communication in the political debate lies between two interests, i.e. rationality to produce sound communication and political interest to win people’s support to achieve their political goals.


 


Keywords: communication, culture, debate, politics

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