Abstract:
This research examines the politeness strategies contained in a video on the
YouTube channel social media entitled "We or the School is Stupid" owned by
Deddy Corbuzier. The themes discussed are related to school, education, and
children. The themes presented were Education, Human Rights (HAM) to
children. The purpose of this study was to describe the strategy of assertive speech
act politeness on the video podcast of Kak Seto and Deddy Corbizier using Brown
and Levinson's politeness theory. As well as the implications for learning
Indonesian. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method
using the technique of free speech involvement (SLBC) as a data collection
technique. The results of this study are the use of assertive speech acts which
include stating, suggesting, bragging and complaining. The strategies undertaken
by the debate participants were the balance on record strategy, the negative
politeness strategy, and the positive politeness strategy. The most widely used
strategy is the bald on record strategy. This is due to the fact that the debate has
less time but a large number of problems, so it is necessary to use the bald on
record strategy. This also shows that in conducting the debate the thing that is
sought is not who is the most polite, but the ability of a person to defend his
argument. The implication of this research is the use of politeness strategies for
anyone who wants to speak more politely.
