Statement of the Problem Scope of the Study Objective of the Study Significance of the Study
A talk show is a television program that takes place in the studio. A talk show usually talks about various topics, like politics, gossip, issues, celebrity
scandals and etc. Sometimes, talk show features a panel of guests, usually consisting of a group of people who are learned or who have great experience in
relation to whatever issue is being discussed on the show for that episode. Other times, a single guest discusses their work or area of expertice with a host or co-
hosts. From the data, the researcher chooses the ethnography of communication as his final project because ethnography seems interesting and it is not limited. It is
interesting to observe the customs and traditions of other people. Ethnography is a form or method of studying a way of life. Ethnography allows us to actually
engage in a different way of life. It is one of the advantages of studying ethnography of communication.
The reason for the analysis of the talk show by using the ethnography of communication is to find out the aspects of ethnography of communication according
to Dell Hymes’ theory: setting and scene, participants, end, act sequence, key, instrumentality, norms, and genre
. An ethnographic research in conversation seeks to describe the meanings of central themes in the life word of the subjects. The
main task in conversation is to understand the meaning of what the participants say.