Hate Expression Found on Twitter as a Response to Meghan Markle

Auranissa Putri Riyadisty(1*), Endang Fauziati(2),

(1) Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia
(2) Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


This study's purposes are to identify the categories of hate expressions, identify the strategies of hate expression, and describe the functions of hate expression used by Twitter users toward Meghan Markle as a response to the report that Meghan may run for US president. The objects used were hate expressions used by Twitter netizens. This study applied qualitative descriptive research as the method of research. The data were Twitter replies that contained hate towards Meghan Markle. This study used Mondal et al. (2017), Culpeper (1996), and Bebee (1995) theory for analyzing the data. The results showed that: (1) There are six categories of hate expression to Meghan Markle on Twitter, namely hate the expression of behavior, class, disability, ethnicity, religion, and gender (2) There are four types of strategies of hate expression, namely bald on record impoliteness, positive impoliteness, negative impoliteness, and sarcasm or mock politeness (3) There are four functions of hate expression that thrown by Twitter users, namely expressing unpleasant feelings, entertaining the target audience, mocking the figure, and expressing disagreement.


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Hate Expression, Impoliteness Strategy, Meghan Markle, Twitter

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