An Analysis of Congratulatory Strategies Employed by Indonesian Internet Users on Instagram and YouTube: The Case of Rizki Juniansyah's 2024 Olympic Gold Medal Win
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This study investigates how Indonesian internet users congratulate Rizki Juniansyah on his gold medal win at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The researcher analyzed 100 comments from his Instagram post and an SCTV YouTube video. Using a qualitative method, they examined the different ways people expressed their congratulations. The analysis, based on Elwood's classification of congratulatory strategies, found that "Illocutionary Force Indicating Device" (IFID) was the most common method on Instagram. In contrast, "Expression of Happiness" was the most frequent strategy used on YouTube. This suggests that people may choose different ways to congratulate depending on the social media platform they are using. This study uncovered the presence of "Expressions of Gratitude" directed towards individuals other than God within congratulatory messages.
Keywords: IFID, Congratulatory strategies, comment, Instagram, YouTube.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v48.2.6888
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