Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences, ICONESS 2023, 22-23 July 2023, Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Discourse Analysis Of Democracy Criticism In Stand Up Comedy

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.22-7-2023.2335511,
        author={Wardoyo  Dingkol and Andi Alimuddin Unde and Mursalim  Mursalim},
        title={Discourse Analysis Of Democracy Criticism In Stand Up Comedy},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences, ICONESS 2023, 22-23 July 2023, Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONESS},
        year={2023},
        month={9},
        keywords={discourse criticism democracy stand up comedy},
        doi={10.4108/eai.22-7-2023.2335511}
    }
    
  • Wardoyo Dingkol
    Andi Alimuddin Unde
    Mursalim Mursalim
    Year: 2023
    Discourse Analysis Of Democracy Criticism In Stand Up Comedy
    ICONESS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.22-7-2023.2335511
Wardoyo Dingkol1,*, Andi Alimuddin Unde1, Mursalim Mursalim1
  • 1: Hasanuddin University
*Contact email: wardoyodingkol@gmail.com

Abstract

Awareness of democracy in Indonesia is still a hot topic in every political discussion because it covers various aspects of society, especially in the education and development sectors. This certainly greatly affects the process of running a good and just democracy. This study aims to reveal critical discourses related to people's thinking patterns in observing and following the process of democracy in Indonesia in stand-up comedy material with the theme of orations from the east delivered by comedian Abdur Arsyad using a qualitative descriptive method to describe the meaning of the message conveyed. analysis using the Teun Van Djik theory of discourse analysis. The results of the study show that Abdur always highlights issues of justice, humanity and educational issues which according to him are very influential in the course of a just democracy and public awareness in understanding the concepts of state and nation, because Indonesia is also composed of various layers of society, starting from the poor, middle class, up to the upper class, so that the ideal implementation of democracy is still difficult to achieve. therefore Abdur tried to form a discourse of social criticism to build awareness in democracy for society and government.