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Abstract

Politeness strategies is an important aspect of communication. By applying politeness strategies, it shows that the speaker respects the hearer. This research aimed to find out the types of politeness strategies used by the participant of “the topic of discussion YouTube channel” based on the theory proposed by Brown and Levinson (1978).  Now days, politeness we can find in programs or television. There are a lot of programs on television ranging from music shows, soap operas to talk variety shows. It can be in many forms including in a program on television and a podcast on a YouTube channels but in this podcast the viewers can get many information and knowledge about relationship between the speaker and the hearer to polite communication. The type of this research is qualitative research. In this research, the researchers used the documentation and a table as the instrument. The technique of data analysis was; First identification the types of politeness strategy; second, classification, analyzing, and categorizing classification last, making a conclusion and suggestion. The result of the study showed that there were four strategies used by the participant of the podcast, namely bald on record strategy, positive politeness strategy, negative politeness strategy, and off record strategy. In conclusion, positive politeness was the most often strategy. The positive politeness strategy shows closeness, friendliness, and solidarity between the participants. This research can be useful for future researcher who is interested about politeness strategies.

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Politeness Politeness Strategies Bald On Record Strategy Positive Politeness Strategy Negative Politeness Strategy Of Record Strategy.

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Shusan Ayu Areke Putri, Syahrial, S., & Elfrida, E. (2024). The Politeness Strategies Used by The Participants of “Topic of Discussion Youtube Channel. Journal of English Education and Teaching, 8(3), 653–662. https://doi.org/10.33369/jeet.8.3.653-662

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