Background of The Study

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of The Study

There are uncountable interesting topics to talk from all over the world for being broadcasted as television program. One of those programs is talk show where some people sit together and discuss a theme. In Indonesia, talk show is also well known and one of the most well known talk shows is Kick Andy. Kick Andy is a talk show program that hosted by Andy F .Noya. Andy as the host presents several guest stars called speakers, to discuss various issues related to the theme in each episode. Kick Andy began broadcasting on March 1, 2006 until now. This talk show presents real life stories that are informative, educational and inspiring with the various themes and cover all aspects of life. Andy is well known with his unique character which often asking the speaker straightforwardly and his sarcastic question. But, although, sometimes his question is very straightforward and sarcastic, he can make it sounds fun. The speakers also are not limited by their professions. They can come from any background especially they who have exciting stories to share, connected to the themes discussed. The reason why the writer chooses KickAndy is because Kick Andy invites us to watch with heart. While the ordinary television shows are filled with the shows which showing band and music, the program which the point is mocking someone because of physical reason, and also the gossip about celebrity, Kick Andy is exist to motivate us for keep being inspired and grateful for the life God has given. The writer also likes Andy F. Noya with a style that is sometimes a bit serious but funny. Universitas Sumatera Utara Kick Andy is packaging well. If there are two different talk shows that discussing the same topic, the writer thinks Kick Andy will seem better because the concept of the show in Kick Andy is not made formal but keep flowing. Andy F. Noya looks very smart in interviewing speakers with serious style, witty but still striking. Kick Andy in the process of interviewing or questioning, Andy F. Noya tends to ask things that are unexpected but it does not contain questions that are niceties. In the interview process, Andy F. Noya always be consistent and not swept away so that the answers of the interviewee do not float or out of context. The speech interaction that occurs in Kick Andy is also interesting to watch in terms of presuppositions. Mulyana 2005:14 states that all statements or sentence expressions, whether they are positive or negative, still contain the basic assumption as the content and substance of the sentence. According to Mulyana’s statement itself, dialogues tangible interactional questions and answers between the host and speakers at the Kick Andy describes the process speech containing presuppositions. Some questions may only contain the answers yes-no but in talk show, many of utterance let the host assume and conclude the answer from the speaker or vice versa. The writer is interested to the presupposition because in the most straightforward utterance can also have implicit meaning. By supposing an utterance correctly, there will be no misunderstanding in a conversation. In this thesis, the writer chooses the data that will be analyzed by selected utterance in Kick Andy talk show. The writer has chose some utterance that can cause misunderstanding meaning or the utterance that have factors which can affect to the misunderstanding itself. Universitas Sumatera Utara

1.2 Problems of the Study