Conversational Style in Ada Ada Aja Talk Show

Abstract

This research focused on conversational style used in Ada Ada Aja talk show. The aims of study were (1) to describe the types of conversational style used by host and co host, (2) to explainthe realization ofconversational style used by Indy Barend and Tara Budiman and (3) to reason why the conversational style used in Ada Ada Aja in the way it did.The data werethe utterances of Indy barend and Tara Budiman as the host and co host in Ada Ada Aja talk show with duration forty five minutesof the video. The research was conducted by using qualitative content analysis. Thefindings showed that there are two types of conversational style used by Indy Barend and Tara Budiman as the host and co host inAda Ada Aja talk show. They wereIndy barend used high involvement style and Tara Budiman used high consideratness style. Conversational style was classified based on the used of turn taking. Turn taking was devides into pauses, overlaps and backchannel. Indy Barend as the host used high involvement style because shewas active, with almost no pausing,and some overlaps with backchannel.Tara Budiman as co host used high consideratness style because he was passive, longer pausing and almost nooverlaps with backchannel.Conversational style used by Indy Barend and Tara Budimanwere realized by the used of turn taking. The reason why Indy barends used high involvement style and Tara Budiman used high consideratness because they complete each other. And as a host and co host they should make the talk show active and to made their guest feel relaxed and to made her show enjoyable. It is hoped result of this study will be useful to everyone who wants to study about conversational style especially in talk show.