34 the politicians and to find the factors that influence the choice of the strategy. The
goal of this qualitative research is a depth understanding in narrative description and interpretation, rather than a numeric data analysis Ary, et al. 2002.
Meanwhile, to answer the research questions, the writer applied a discourse analysis method since it concerned how language was used in the communication
between Ellen and U.S. politicians see Chapter 2, section A, p. 8. In this study, the utterances of the subjects that carried politeness strategies were discussed. The
utterances became the model of how language was used in context. Therefore, discourse analysis method was considered as the most appropriate method for this
study since it dealt with language used in social interactions.
B. Research Setting and Data Source
The writer started to analyze the data on November 10
th
, 2016. Specifically, the writer watched the clips of the talk show in order to know which
politeness strategies that were used by Ellen and the politicians in
The Ellen Show
. The talk show was televised in United States U.S. as one of the most favorite
talk shows. The clips and the transcripts of the dialogue between Ellen and the politicians was provided in the clips uploaded by
The Ellen Show You Tube
channel. The clips that were chosen were all the clips in
The Ellen Show
that were attended by the politicians Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the last two
years 2014 until 2016. Most of the clips were taken during the presidential campaign.
35 The utterances that were analyzed in this study were produced mainly by
three speakers in the talk show. The first speaker was Ellen DeGeneres as the host of the daytime talk show named
The Ellen Show
. Ellen DeGeneres is one of the most popular comedians and the host of a successful daytime talk show. She
started her career as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. As a film actress, there are several movies that are starred,
such as
Mr. Wrong
1996 and
The Love Letter
1999. She also dubbed the voice of Dory in the Pixar animated films
Finding Nemo
2003 and
Finding Dory
2016. She becomes the host in
The Ellen Show
since 2003. In hosting, she always creates an interesting performance in every episode in
The Ellen Show
. She creates a pleasing atmosphere and sometimes she makes some jokes to entertain the audience and guest stars.
The Ellen Show
earned positive reviews and solid ratings across nation ―Ellen
DeGeneres, The Ellen Show‖. Moreover,
The Ellen Show
was nominated in
Emmy Award
in 2004. That was a successful year for Ellen and
The Ellen Show
in the early debut of the talk show.
The second subject was the 44
th
President of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama. Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
He is a father of two daughters, namely Malia and Natasha, from his marriage with Michelle Robinson. He started his career as a civil rights attorney and
professor and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. In November 2008, he was elected as President of USA. Furthermore, he was the
first African-American president who was chosen to become the leader of America. He was really respected by the people who supported him.
36 Parameswaran 2009 states that American news media recorded the euphoric
reaction of citizen around the world in the aftermath of the inauguration ceremonies.
The third subject was the President candidate of the United States of America Election 2016, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. In the time the writer
conducted this research, Hillary Clinton was joining a campaign as the President Candidate of USA. She was born on October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She
married Bill Clinton in 1975 and have a daughter named Chelsea Clinton. In her career she was elected as the first female senator from New York in 2000 and
became a Secretary of State in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. As stated by Taylor, Lord, McIntyre, and Paulson 2011, Hillary Clinton was in the
top three most frequently mentioned successful woman. She was an advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform. In addition, she was appointed by
President Carter to the board of Legal Service Corporation and won a Grammy for her recording of her book
It Takes a Village
Taylor, et al., 2011.
C. Data Gathering Technique
In gathering the data, the writer firstly observed the selected clips of the talk show. Then, the writer analyzed the utterances which were produced by Ellen
and U.S politicians with the help of the transcripts of the selected clips. In selecting the clips, the writer went to
http:www.youtube.comTheEllenShow .
The clips with the transcripts were taken from
The Ellen Show You Tube
channel. After that, the writer determined the clips that would be used as the main source
of the data. The writer chose all the clips of
The Ellen Show
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