Social Power Extraction In Joke Coffee Break: Sociolinguistic Approach

Abstract

Social power coffee break shows the existence of social relationships and jokes that act as a place for newspaper readers to get a more different reading. This study aims to describe how people from all walks of life can switch codes and mix codes as well as social relations with jokes or humor in coffee breaks. This study uses a qualitative approach to symbolic interactionism in which the researcher explores the meanings that are built from interactions with individuals in human society. The methods and techniques used in this study are the listening method, interview method, recording technique, and note-taking technique. The results showed that there were a lot of code mixing and code switching in the Coffee Break rubric which were arranged in news scripts that were interesting to read, such as content that was viral, trending and also humorous which contained interesting words, phrases, clauses and sentences to analyze and watch. in terms of social meaning and context in society.