AN ANALYSIS OF EMOTICONS USED BY MALES AND FEMALES IN LINE

  

AN ANALYSIS OF EMOTICONS USED BY MALES AND FEMALES IN

LINE

  A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Sastra Degree in Faculty of Language and Arts Study Program.

  

By :

Wilona Kaulika Ayu

Student Number : 12.80.0029

FACULY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS

  

SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

2017

  i LAMPIRAN : KEPUTUSAN REKTOR UNIVERSITAS KATOLIK SOEGIJAPRANATA Nomor : 0047/SK.Rek/X/2013 Tanggal : 07 Oktober 2013 Tentang : PERNYATAAAN KEASLIAN SKRIPSI/TUGAS AKHIR DAN THESIS

  Dengan ini saya menyatakan bahwa dalam tesis yang berjudul “ An Analysis of Emoticons

  Used by Males and Females in Line

  ” ini tidak terdapat karya yang pernah diajukan untuk memperoleh gelar kesarjanaan di suatu perguruan tinggi, dan sepanjang pengetahuan saya juga tidak terdapat karya atau pendapat yang pernah ditulis atau diterbitkan oleh orang lain, kecuali yang secara tertulis diacu dalam naskah ini dan disebutkan dalam daftar pustaka.

  Apabila dikemudian hari ternyata terbukti bahwa tesis ini sebagian atau seluruhnya merupakan hasil plagiasi, maka saya rela untuk dibatalkan, dengan segala akibat hukumnya sesuai dengan peraturan yang berlaku pada Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata dan/atau peraturan perundang

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Date: 2017-07-13 04:24 UTC

Results of plagiarism analysis from 2017-07-13 04:28 UTC

724 matches from 117 sources, of which 54 are online sources.

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A THESIS ON

AN ANALYSIS OF EMOTICONS USED BY MALES AND FEMALES IN

LINE

  by: Wilona Kaulika Ayu

  12.80.0029 Approved by: Antonius Suratno, PhD.

  Major Sponsor Emilia Ninik A., SP, M.Hum. Co – Sponsor

  A thesis defended in front of the Board Examiners on June 6, 2017 and declared acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Chairperson : Antonius Suratno, Ph.D _______ Secretary : Emilia Ninik Aydawaty, SP., M.Hum _______ Member : Drs. YE. Budiyana, MA _______ Semarang, 14 July 2017 Faculty of Language and Arts Soegijapranata Catholic University Dean, Angelika Riyandari, Ph. D NIP : 056.4.1998.768

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  First of all, I would like to praise my Jesus Christ who always strengthens me every day. Thanks for blessing and reminding me to always be grateful for what You gave me. His Holy Mother, Mother Mary,has given me patience, so that I can finish this thesis well.

  I would like to give my big thanks and love to my beloved family, Papi Budi Winarno Seloatmodjo, Mami Endang Rahayu Santoso, Leonardus Verrell Sayoga Kinantra, and Salomo Chandra Gupta who always pray for me and support me in every aspect that I do, including finishing my thesis.

  Furthermore, I would like to express my gratitude to my major sponsor,Mr. Antonius Suratno and my co-major, Mrs. Emilia Ninik who have sincerely and patiently guided me, who were willing to take the time out of their busy schedules to check and correct my thesis so I could finish it.

I’d like to thank my lecturers in Faculty of Language and Arts,Mrs. Ike as the Dean of Faculty of Language and Arts, Mrs. Cecilia as my guardian lecturer since 2012. I

  wanted to say thank you for your love, patience, and information during my study in FLA.Moreover, for all of the lecturers in Faculty of Language and Arts in Soegijapranata University,thank you for becoming my second family who has taught and given me valuable knowledge during my study.Also, I gave thanks to Bu Retno and Mas Agus who had helped me to complete all the administration things.

  Next, I would like to say thank you to my school best friend Aurel Gracella, thanks for my bestie from junior high school until now and still counting. For my university best friends Caroline Liesa, Ferlina Budi Santoso, Dian Herdiana, Junia Laksmana, Sydney Kim Avrianda, thanks for your sharing that made my college years so awesome. I will not forget these hilarious memories.

  Last, I would like to thank to people that I could not mention one by one; those who had helped me and contributed in this thesis, thank you for your supports,cares,loves, and prayers. GOD BLESS YOU ! <3<3

  Wilona Kaulika Ayu

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  PAGE OF TITLE COVER PAGE......................................................................................................................i A THESIS APPROVAL ..................................................................................................... ii BOARD OF EXAMINERS .............................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENT.....................................................................................................iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................... viii ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................ix ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................................... x

  CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1 1.1. Background of the Study ......................................................................... 1 1.2. Field of the Study ..................................................................................... 3 1.3. Scope of the Study ..................................................................................... 4 1.4. Problem Formulation ................................................................................ 4 1.5. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 4 1.6. Significance of the Study .......................................................................... 5 1.7. Definition of Terms.................................................................................... 5

  CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ...................................................................... 7

  2.1. Previous Study .......................................................................................... 7

  2.2.The Definition of Emotion ........................................................................ 8

  2.3.The Purpose of Emotions ........................................................................... 9

  2.4.Computer Mediated

• – Communication ....................................................... 9

  2.5.Gender ....................................................................................................... 11

  2.6.Communication ........................................................................................ 12

  2.6.1. The Purpose of Communication..................................................... 12

  2.6.2. The Function of Communication .................................................... 13

  2.7. Social Media ............................................................................................ 14

  CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ............................................................. 16

  3.1.Method of Data Collection........................................................................ 16

  3.1.1 Instruments ....................................................................................... 17

  3.1.2 Participants ....................................................................................... 18

  3.2. Procedures ................................................................................................ 18

  3.3.Method of Data Analysis .......................................................................... 19

  CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION...................................... 20

  4.1. Analysis of Quantitative Data ................................................................... 21

  4.1.1. Validity and Reliability Test ........................................................... 21

  4.1.2. Emoticons use between Females and Males Scale ......................... 21

  4.1.3. Normality Test ................................................................................. 22

  4.1.4. Homogeneity Test ............................................................................ 23

  4.1.5. Independent T-Test ......................................................................... 23

  4.2. Analysis of Qualitative Data ..................................................................... 24

  4.2.1. Differences of Males and Females Viewed from

  The SscreenshotSscripts.............................................................................. 24

  4.2.1.1The Ffrequency of the Use of Emotions ............................... 24

  4.2.1.2. The preference of emoticons .............................................. 25

  4.2.1.3. The use in context .............................................................. 27

  4.2.2. Motives of Emoticon Use ................................................................. 33

  4.3. Discussion.......................................................................................................... 36

  CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ....................................................... 38

  5.1. Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 38

  5.2. Suggestion ......................................................................................................... 39 BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................. 40 APPENDICES

LIST OF TABLES

  Table 1. The items of Questionnaire on Emoticon use between Females and Males 22 Table 2. Frequency of emoticons use in the chats ..................................................... 24 Table.3 Preference of emoticons between Females and Males ................................. 25 Table 4. The answers of interviewees on emoticon use............................................. 35

ABSTRACT

  Social media are very important as a communication tool in the world. One of the most popular social media applications is LINE. LINE is a free text messaging application that has features named emoticons. Emoticons of this features can help the user to express their emotion in chats. The purpose of this study is to explore the different use of emoticons between males and females in LINE application, where social media become one of the tools which support and as an important access to communicate oneanother with someone beloved, family, and also friends.The researcher used two methods for this analysis. There are quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis. The number of participants was 60 people;the participantswere divided into three parts, 50 people followed the quantitative analysis, two groups of males and females to a qualitative analysis; there are 23 females and 27 males, also 10 people who were interviewed. In collecting data, researcher asked participants to fill out questionnaire and to screenshot the conversations between female

• – female and male – male. From the questionnaire researcher found that females choose agree and strongly agree, males choose disagree, neutral, and agree on every statement in questionnaire. It can be seen from the screenshots that 80 percents of line users who use emoticonsare females, and 20 percents are males. From the interview, is found that there are 8 people; 5 females and 3 males who always use emoticons in LINE application.Therefore, the result of this research shows there is a difference between males and females in using emoticon in LINE chat and that females use emoticons in communication more frequently than males.

ABSTRAK

  Social media merupakan alat komunikasi yang sangat penting di dunia saat ini. Salah satu aplikasi sosial media yang sangat populer saat ini adalah LINE. LINE merupakan aplikasi pengirim pesan secara gratis yang memiliki fitur bernama emoticon. Fitur emoticon ini dapat membantu pengguna sosial media untuk mengekspresikan emosi mereka di dalam chating.Tujuan dari diadakannya penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan komunikasi antara laki-laki dan perempuan didalam menggunakan emoticon di aplikasi LINE, dimana sosial media menjadi salah satu alat yang mendukung dan sebagai akses penting untuk berkomunikasi satu sama lain dengan seseorang tercinta, keluarga, dan juga teman. Penulis menggunakan dua metode analisis dalam studi ini, yaitu kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Jumlah partisipan yang ikut dalam penelitian ini terbagi menjadi 3 bagian; 50 orang mengikuti analisis kuantitatif, 2 group laki-laki dan perempuan untuk analisis kualitatif; ada 23 perempuan dan 27 laki-laki, serta 10 orang yang mengikuti interview. Didalam mengumpulkan data, peneliti meminta partisipan untuk mengisi kuesioner dan melakukan screenshot pada percakapan antar perempuan dengan perempuan serta laki-laki dengan laki-laki.Dari hasil kuesioner penulis menemukan bahwa perempuan memilih setuju dan sangat setuju dan laki-laki memilih tidak setuju, netral, dan setuju di setiap pernyataan dalam kuesioner. Dari hasil screenshot terlihat bahwa 80 persen pengguna LINE yang menggunakan emotikon adalah perempuan, dan 20 persen dalah laki-laki. Dari hasil interview, ditemukan ada 8 orang; 5 cewek dan 3 cowok yang selalu menggunakan emotikon di dalam aplikasi LINE. Oleh sebab itu hasil yang ditemukan dari penelitian ini adalah adanya perbedaan antara laki-laki dan perempuan didalam berkomunikasi menggunakan emotikon di LINE, bahwa perempuan identik lebih sering menggunakan emotikon didalam berkomunikasi daripada laki-laki. x