AN ANALYSIS OF IMPOLITENESS COMMENTARY FOUND ON ANIES BASWEDAN’S TWITTER

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the types of impoliteness comments from netizens on Anies Baswedan twitter account. In addition, this study also aims to determine the dominant types of impoliteness. This research applied the impoliteness strategies theory proposed by Culpeper (1996). The research method used is a descriptive qualitative method. The data used in this study were taken from 108 netizen comments found on Anies Baswedan's twitter from November 2021 to January 2022 which contained impoliteness strategies. The results of this study indicate that the strategic types of impoliteness used by the Governor of DKI Jakarta are (1) Bald on record impoliteness, (2) Positive impoliteness, (3) Negative impoliteness, (4) Sarcasm or mock politeness. While (5) Withhold politeness was not found in netizen comments on Anies Baswedan's twitter account. Negative impoliteness contained 40 tweets or 37.0% which became the most dominant type. Then, the second rank is positive impoliteness which contained 34 tweets or 31.4%. Next, the bald on record impoliteness contained 18 tweets or 16.6%. The last one is sarcasm or mock politeness, there are only 16 tweets or 14.8%. The findings show that netizens tend to use negative impoliteness due to words that demean, ridicule, mock, belittle Anies Baswedan.