How to control hate speech and hoaxes: Character language for character citizens
J. Jumanto · 2018
This research explores hate speech and hoaxes. It proposes a character language formulation to control them. This research paper is aimed at identifying the principles and values of character language which are expected to be effective in character education for the 21st century global citizens. This qualitative research employs two methods: grounded theory and autoethnography. The data obtained from theory reviews of hate speech and hoaxes through interpretive techniques are then further analyzed using a coding technique. The coding technique is used to find the main characteristics of hate speech and hoaxes. The principles and values of character language are applied as a means of controlling them, by reducing their textual transactions or avoiding them completely in communication. The control is elaborated into two aspects: character language to control hate speech, and character language to control hoaxes. This paper advocates the theories of face works, probabilities in language use, and elaborate types of hearer in the aspects of power and solidarity . This study empirically promotes harmony among speakers of languages, thus enhancing character citizen encouragement in the world, especially in cross-cultural verbal and non-verbal communication.