Research Data tesis Rizka Hayati
60 The basic step of collecting the data was observing several talk shows. This
step was taken to get some options about talk shows that would be used in the analysis.
b. Selecting
After observing some talk shows, selecting step was conducted to decide which talk shows would be used. The selected talk shows were chosen by
identifying the sociological background that the guests had. The sociological backgrounds are relative power, social distance, and rank of imposition. The
selected talk show must reflect different level of the guests’ sociological background.
c. Identifying
After the writer selected the talk shows, the writer identified the related data in the talk show by watching it. Th
e data are in the form of host’s and guests’ utterances. The writer watched the talk shows thoroughly and repeatedly to
understand and get the deep understanding of the whole content, and decide which data that would be taken and relevant with the analysis.
d. Transcribing
The last step in collecting the data was transcribing the relevant data. It was transcribed orthographically because this study is pragmatic research and it
focused on the analysis of politeness strategy.
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