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Language Analysis of Hate Speech by Netizens With Legal Potential in The Comment Section of The Instragram Account @Aurelia.Hermansyah (Forensic Lunguistic Study)

Authors

Siska Novelia Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
Teguh Setiawan Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
Anwar Efendi Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/eajmr.v5i3.51

Keywords:

Hate Speech, Language, Forensic Linguistics, Social Media

Abstract

This study aims to describe “A Linguistic Analysis of Potentially Illegal Hate Speech by Netizens in the Instagram Comment Section of @Aurelia.Hermansyah: A Forensic Linguistic Study.” The research design employed is qualitative research using a descriptive method. The data collection phase in this study was conducted as follows: (1) the author read and searched for various sources related to the research topic; (2) classified the types of hate speech based on the implicatures and utterances conveyed; and (3) analyzed the data comprehensively regarding the hate speech directed by netizens toward Aurelia Hermansyah. The results of the study indicate that the forms of hate speech from the perpetrators in the Instagram comment section of Aurelia Hermansyah include insults, expressions of frustration and anger, warnings, and provocation. The speech acts conveyed by the perpetrators are assertive, expressive, declarative, and directive. The purpose of this study is to advance linguistic knowledge and to identify the forms of hate speech crimes among Indonesian celebrities, with comments originating from the public on Instagram and their speech patterns analyzed from a forensic linguistic perspective.

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