Framing Conflict in Political Discourse: Positive and Negative Politeness of Bassem Youssef and Piers Morgan’s Debate

Adinda Nurul AuliaPutri; Agus Salim Mansyur; Fourus Huznatul Abqoriyyah

doi:10.24853/elif.7.2.%p

Framing Conflict in Political Discourse: Positive and Negative Politeness of Bassem Youssef and Piers Morgan’s Debate

Adinda Nurul AuliaPutri, Agus Salim Mansyur, Fourus Huznatul Abqoriyyah

Abstract

This study examines the positive and negative politeness strategies employed by Bassem Youssef and Piers Morgan in their discussion of the Israel-Hamas conflict in the YouTube video Wouldn’t You Resist? Bassem Youssef Returns for More on the Israel-Hamas War. Using Brown and Levinson’s (1987) politeness theory, this research explores how linguistic strategies manage face-threatening acts and influence audience perceptions. A qualitative descriptive approach is applied to analyze textual and contextual factors. Findings reveal that both speakers utilize various politeness strategies such as exaggeration, seeking agreement, and hedging to build rapport, mitigate conflict, and maintain discourse balance. This study highlights the significance of politeness in shaping political communication and fostering constructive discussions.

Keywords

Politeness strategies; Political discourse; Media linguistics

References

Abitza, R., & Alfian, A. (2021). Analysis of Politeness Strategies Used by The Main Character In Home Alone 1. English Language, Linguistics, Literature, And Education Journal, 3(1), 35–57.

Aloni, M. (2022). Logic and conversation: the case of free choice. Semantics and Pragmatics, 15, 1–5.

Brown, P., & Levinson, S. C. (1987). Politeness: Some universals in language usage (Issue 4). Cambridge University Press.

Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2017). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage publications.

Holmes, J., & Stubbe, M. (2015). Power and politeness in the workplace: A sociolinguistic analysis of talk at work. Routledge.

Locher, M. A., & Graham, S. L. (2021). Interpersonal Pragmatics.

Pratikno, K. N., Sudartinah, T., & Kurnia, N. I. (2016). A Pragmatic Analysis of Positive and Negative Politeness Strategies of Refusals in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Sastra Inggris-Quill, 5(2), 162–168.

Ramanathan, R., & Hoon, T. B. (2015). Application of Critical Discourse Analysis in Media Discourse Studies. 3L: Southeast Asian Journal of English Language Studies, 21(3).

Suyono, M., & Andriyanti, E. (2021). Negative Politeness Strategies in What Would You Do? TV Show. Journal of Language and Literature, 21(2), 439–452.

Yule, G. (1996). [George_Yule]_Pragmatics(BookFi).pdf. 138.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24853/elif.7.2.%25p