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2022, Vol. 6, No. 4, 11759 – 11768
Ein Sonewulan
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Hanna
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Aris Badara
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Ansor Putra
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Arman
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wa Ode Halfian
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
Samsul
Halu Oleo University, Kendari-Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
This research aims to analyze the form of insulting President Joko Widodo cases on Facebook and
describe how to convey this form in the study of Forensic Linguistics. The research data was in the
form of a collection of news related to the cases from various uploads on Facebook as a media, which
has legal implications as a form of insulting the symbol of the state. Methodologically, this research
was qualitative, describing language as a forensic media. The results showed two things. First, the
insulting form to President Joko Widodo concerned several aspects, namely aspects of religion,
personal, family, position/profession, and work, accompanied by harsh words, degradation, and
disrespect for a head of state. Second, the method of conveying insults to President Joko Widodo was
carried out using language and non-linguistics, namely words contained in a sentence, memes,
Figures, and animal symbols. Thus, in the study of Forensic Linguistics, the case of insulting
President Joko was carried out in the form of non-linguistic evidence.
oral form. When viewed from the lingual or memes and other lingual forms that contain
evidence, it is usually done and used on elements of the violation.
someone's social media with specific goals and The researchers used forensic
purposes as technology advances rapidly linguistic theory with a semantic approach to
(Latupeirissa et al., 2019). It facilitates the analyze a form of the insulting case against
dissemination of information and various news President Joko Widodo. It includes potential
opinions (Supadmi et al., 2020). It can trigger denotative and connotative meanings and
and increase the number of cases of language referential and operational meanings.
crimes on social media, such as insults, hate Furthermore, this study used the pragmatic
speech, fake news, and defamation. Social approach to illocutionary and perlocutionary
media often contains uploads of discourse that speech acts to connect the text and its context.
can have legal implications. It can be seen in Previous researchers have carried out
writing on social media such as Instagram, forensic linguistic studies using different
Facebook, Twitter account, and many other objects, theories, and research methods.
social media, which is so rampant Hartini, Aceng, and Sudana (2020) studied
(Bratayadnya et al., 2021). With the forensic linguistics in unpleasant acts on social
development of information technology media using pragmatic studies. This study
nowadays, social media is increasingly out of shows that a lack of politeness in language can
control, even becoming a form of excessive trigger social problems. They started with
dependence. It can make a social media user insults and unpleasant actions on social media
express freely, thus potentially causing a and politeness in the language used by
crime. The crime in question, one of which is a speakers on social media. Then, it results in
language crime that can have legal actions and violations of the law in unpleasant
implications, is committed on social media actions on social media. The research applies
accounts. the pragmatic theory of Brown and Levinson's
Freedom to surf on social media politeness. Next, it is found that social media
allows someone to comment freely, insult, is a means of getting along with various
criticize when status updates, or upload things communities so that there is no visible
they are interested in. Sometimes these posts limitation of language politeness and language
are offensive, insulting, sarcastic, or provide culture.
false information. According to Badara (2014: Furthermore, Suryani, Istianingrum,
p.38), this is a form of marginalization because R., & Hanik, S. U. (2021) described hate
of the lousy portrayal of other parties/groups. speech against artist Aurel Hermansyah on
In forensic linguistic theory, such things are Instagram social media. The study focuses on
part of one of the characteristics of defamation the forms of illocutionary- perlocutionary
because it leads to a form of insult. speech acts, taboo sentences, and hate speech
Defamation cases, especially violations based on Instagram. The hate speech found in this
on the ITE law, from day by day ensnare study was a form of insult, defamation, and
several social media users with various forms comments referring to the privacy of the
of violations. These include insults, account owner.
defamation, threats, immorality, and hoaxes Sugiarto and Qurratulaini (2020)
(Akbar et al., 2020). Lindayani et al. (2021) examined the potential for cybercrime in
stated that the written language controversy on memes. The meme that was meant was a
social media often becomes polemic, creates language expression that contains cybercrime
debates that tend to be disintegrative, and can with the theme of political issues. Rahman
even lead to users being entangled in legal (2019), with the research title "The Use of
cases. Taboo Words in Social Media: Forensic
In several uploads about Joko Widodo Linguistic Studies," discussed many things
as President of the Republic of Indonesia, that from freedom in interacting on social media.
was spread in the media, some were accused The thing in question is that netizens often use
as a form of insulting the symbol of the state. words that have the potential to violate the law
Interested parties then report the uploading when expressing themselves on social media,
accounts as evidence of insults. There are one of which is by using taboo words. Rahman
various forms. Some are in the form of Figures looked for the types of taboo words that
netizens used on social media. The forms
found were grouped into words and phrases, theories when analyzing a text. In
later identified as part of taboo expressions approaching a text in a forensic
based on circumstances, dirt, animals, religion, context, the analyst needs to consider
nature, actions, supernatural beings, how it is similar, what distinguishes
government policies, and sexual activity. The it from other texts in other contexts,
expression serves to swear, show annoyance or and which theories and methods are
anger, insinuate, demean, and poke fun at. most appropriate for analyzing it.
Agustin (2020) uses similar objects to Often it is an eclectic selection of
previous studies. This can be seen in the tools and a developmental approach
research theme, namely "Tweets Containing to the methodology necessary.
Hate Speech on Twitter Social Media: Nevertheless, well-researched,
Forensic Linguistic Studies." This study grounded linguistic theories are
examines netizen uploads containing elements generally considered beneficial.
of hate speech in forensic linguistic studies. Since the texts we shall be
The model used is Hurtfulness and examining here are spoken, although
Harmfulness pragmatics by Carney to analyze we are dealing with written
tweets that contain hate speech. Pragma transcripts of recordings of the
semantic studies in forensic linguistics are spoken interaction, the text will refer
often used to identify the context of its to both the written and the spoken.
production in the form of uploads and We will consider some of the critical
classified types of utterances. features of approaching a forensic
All previous studies that have been text.”
found appear to be in line with this study
which uses social media as a material object. II. METHODS
Social media is an expressive area that uses
language, symbols, and symbols as a means of The method in this library research
expression. Thus, the role of forensic was a qualitative content analysis method. It
linguistics is to become a bridge to see the proposed the object of analysis, namely cases
legal implications if the focus of the problem of insults to the 7th President of the Republic
is language issues, both spoken and written or of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, on social media
linguistic symbols. In this case, the and Facebook. Thus, the supporting data were
characteristics of forensic linguistic research news of case claims and forms of text
are essential to pay attention to the accompanied by Figures/memes or sentences
assertiveness of meaning, classification of printed on social media accounts from uploads
syntactic structure, explanation of argument that have legal implications. To maximize
structure, etc. Dictionary analysis, summary, research results and to maintain data validity,
speech act consequences (in terms of the data were only taken in the 2019-2021
illocutionary power) reference analysis is just range.
different types of synonymous transformations In this case, some data, such as
(Baranov: 2017). memes, were interpreted as a form of the
Cases of insults hate speech, and image containing President Joko Widodo with
defamation is not new to be studied an antagonistic character, images of animals
linguistically. However, its development must such as dogs, pigs, and monkeys accompanied
still be sharpened, considering the potential of by text descriptions. The form of the text
language as a medium of freedom that is generally used words that contained elements
important to control. One of the roles of of violence, hatred, and cursing that
research is to provide scientific views and characterized the defamation, which was a
empirical references to be accounted for when form of insulting.
required by relevant situations. The book An Sources of data in this study were
Introduction to forensic linguistics Language news from the media, both printed or online,
in evidence by Malcolm C. and Alison J. and accounts on Facebook social media, which
(2007: p.14-15) stated as follows. were claimed to have legal implications for the
case of insulting the state symbol in question.
“…that we draw on various The data analysis technique was carried out
interpretative tools, methods, and using a content analysis approach (content
study). This approach was used to explore the In the positive and negative semantic
content of the text or the content of the text approach, the sensed value of a word often
related to memes or images. occurs due to using the word's referent as a
As a sub-discipline of macro symbol. If it is used as a symbol of something
linguistics, the study of forensic linguistics positive, it will have a positive value, and if
still prioritizes the application of semantic and used as a symbol of something negative, it will
pragmatic theories. Three stages of analysis have an adverse taste. Denotative meaning
were carried out to prove the scientific involves objective factual information (Chaer,
productivity of the object of this research, 2009: p.69). While the connotative meaning is
namely: (1) after the data obtained were the meaning of a word can be different from
classified. The data were analyzed by looking one community group to another, based on the
at the characteristics of the text or images view of life and the norms of assessment of the
containing the text. Furthermore, relevant community group.
theories were applied to explore the Ogden and Richards emphasized the
characteristics of the language form, (2) relationship of three essential elements in
present the data back with a description of data semantics: the thought of reference (mind, as
to answer the proposed research problem, and an element that presents a specific meaning,
(3) conclude. which has a significant relationship with the
referent or reference). In another opinion,
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Lehrer argued that semantics is a vast field
because it includes elements and functions of
To understand a form of insult, when language closely related to psychology,
viewed from a pragmatic point of view, based philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and so
on Aziz's (2021) opinion, the indication of on (Djajasudarma, 2016: p.2).
insult at the pragmatic level must first be Forensic linguistics can be defined as
noticed to the fulfilment of the conditions of applying linguistics in the legal field
happiness (felicity conditions). The Presence (Sawirman, Hadi, N. and Yusdi, 2015)). Next,
of a form of insult or not in a speech must forensic linguistics responds to legal questions
meet three conditions of happiness, namely (1) involving language, which can be analyzed
preparatory conditions, namely the through the repetition of rhetorical discourse
requirements of readiness, the accuracy of sets and deviations in grammatical features as
speech background, and absolute authority measured against baseline levels calculated
possessed by a speaker to do or not do from large reference data sets (Leonard, 2006).
something, (2) sincerity conditions, namely the Concerning what has been stated, the forensic
condition of sincerity so that a speech can linguistics study in this research saw the
happen or not happen, which demands the existence of a form of defamation language
honesty of the speaker is saying his speech, crime, namely insulting, as a form of criminal
and (3) illocutionary intentions, which is the violation of the ITE law on social media. Thus,
true meaning of a speech made. This condition to explore and demonstrate the use of language
provides clarity about the nature of the that means crime, it is necessary to study the
purpose of a speech. Of course, it is bound by semantic and pragmatic meanings, which are
the context following the trust of pragmatic carried out to find language facts (as a forensic
studies. However, the underlying definition of element).
attitude expression gives rise to severe Besides that, Sholihatin (2019: p.5)
problems because it requires intentions of a stated that forensic linguistics is a scientific
peculiar kind (Siebel: 2003). study of language in legal evidence that aims
to solve legal problems to assist in upholding
In-text/nonverbal discourse such as justice. It showed that the existence of
social media, context is a bridge of reference linguistics was meaningful in solving legal
for an interpretation. Therefore, context or problems regarding language crimes such as
situation often binds someone's interpretation hate speech, insults, and defamation.
when a text is uploaded or displayed. Multiple In the case of insulting President Joko
interpretations can happen. It is due to the Widodo on social media, a form of insult was
absence of restrictions on the meaning of one's found regarding religion, personal, family,
ideas or thoughts. position, and work. As for how to convey the
form of insults to President Joko Widodo on Nabila Putri’s account sparked controversy
Facebook social media, it was done using because it was interpreted as an attitude of
language with photos and symbols. contempt for Jokowi with the characteristics of
regrading the dignity of a head of state with
A. Forms of Insulting Related to Religion
sarcastic sentences.
Figure (1) below is a picture resembling
Joko Widodo hanging on a cross
attempt to insult, which had an element of showed a belief that the Indonesian nation
cursing embedded in condolences. would be on the verge of destruction with the
The upload was an illocutionary act. two being elected. Thus, the denotative
There were actions in the form of condolences meaning of the word "destroyed" was
but accompanied by contradictory expressions, translated to contain a negative connotation.
namely not expressions of sadness but
expressions of happiness because President The speech act above was an
Jokowi's mother had passed away. expressive illocutionary act. The basis was a
statement expressing an attitude of
D. Form of Insulting in Terms of Position disapproval, accompanied by the assumption
that the election and inauguration of Jokowi
An insulting post uploaded by the and Ma’ruf Amin as President and Vice
account owner with the initials SS was President would lead the Indonesian nation to
recognized as violating the Indonesian ITE law destruction and the national debt would
and the Criminal code chapter XVI article 27 increase.
paragraph 3. As we see in figures (5) and (6)
below, it is proof of the statement above.