Abstract
This research aims to expose how Karni Ilyas, the host of ILC, used politeness strategy through faces in communicating with political experts in ILC show episode RUU HIP: Benarkah Melumpuhkan Pancasila?. This research uses Brown’s and Levinson’s theory of Politeness Strategies. This research is qualitative research; the approach is thematic analysis, the data are fragmentations of Karni Ilyas’ utterances, and the data collection technique is documentation while the technique of data analysis is interpretation. This research exposes a result that Karni Ilyas used politeness strategies in hosting or moderating the show, but he used negative face to speak with speakers he has no intimate bond (in this case, they are Achmad Basarah, Aboebakar Al Habsyi, and Ali Mochtar Ngabalin) and he used positive face to speak with speaker he has familiar connection (in this case, it was Fadli Zon). Karni Ilyas used politeness strategies as a host or moderator in handling the political discussion in the ILC Show of the episode.
Highlights
Generally speaking, political discussions are tough because it contains interests, powers, legitimations, competition, party, policies, and other inevitable battles
The central focus of the discussion is how Karni Ilyas moderates and utters politeness strategies. As it is known generally, Karni Ilyas is the host of Indonesia Lawyers Club (ILC) and ILC can be implicitly as a forum that was born from conflict
It is not a disrespect calling, but intimacy calling because of those background understanding. It can be stated conclusively, politeness strategy is strategically crucial in communication
Summary
Political discussions are tough because it contains interests, powers, legitimations, competition, party, policies, and other inevitable battles. People tend to experience stress when discussing politics and arguing about it, but they still likely crave a burst of adrenaline that triggers nerves and sensation. These sensations can range from selfarrogance, passion, the desire to express opinions, anger, and the opportunity to express something politically. The extension and transformation of political participation now is so fluid It is because widespread deliberation supported by information and communication technologies (Rose & Sæbø, 2008). One of good moderators in this kind of discussion in Karni Ilyas and one of TV shows he handles providing political debates is ILC (Indonesian Lawyer Club)
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