IMPOLITEESS STRATEGIES USED ON ONLINE COMMENTS IN THE IDNTIMES.COM POLITICAL WEBSITE

Abstract

This study investigates the impoliteness strategies in online comments of political news in Idntimes.com. The objectives of this study are: 1) to investigate the types of impoliteness strategies used on online comments in political website Idntimes.com, 2) to find out the dominant type of impoliteness strategies used on online comments in political website Idntimes.com. This study was conducted by using   qualitative content analysis method. The data were taken from comments of internet users in five topics of political news in Idntimes.com. The finding showed that four of five types of impoliteness strategies are used on online comments in political website Idntimes.com. They are: Bald on Record, Positive impoliteness, Negative Impoliteness, and Sarcasm or Mock politeness. The dominant types is negative impoliteness by used scorn or ridicules comments and invade the other's space with that comments and explicitly associate the other with a negative aspect.