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Fauziya, Hafsah Hanifa (2025) Joe Biden’s Conversational Maxim Violations in The 2022 60 minutes youtube inflation interview: sparking public backlash and eroding trust. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between maxim violations and public perspectives found in Joe Biden’s interview on the YouTube channel 60 Minutes entitled “President Joe Biden: The 2022 60 Minutes Interview.” The interview addressed issues in the United States that were widely discussed at the time, with the main theme being the highest inflation in 40 years. The interview contained numerous maxim violations and sparked a massive public reaction. Therefore, this study addressed two research questions: (1) What maxim does Joe Biden violate in his 2022 YouTube 60 Minutes interview regarding the sharp rise in inflation? (2) How does the public view Joe Biden's statements that violate maxims in his 2022 YouTube 60 Minutes interview regarding the sharp rise in inflation? This study uses a qualitative method to gain a comprehensive understanding of the motives and maxims frequently violated by Joe Biden. A thematic descriptive approach also applied in this study to analyze the themes of netizens’ reactions to the statements. Data was collected by transcribing Biden’s statements and downloading comments using a Python application. The analysis in this study was conducted by identifying and describing the maxims that were violated. Furthermore, the researcher also matched the lexical similarities in netizens’ comments and Joe Biden’s statements to ensure that the comments did not digress from the topic, identified whether the comments were positive or negative, determined the themes of the comments, and then described the themes by looking at the context. The results of the study showed that there were 25 maxim violations committed by Joe Biden: 28% relevant maxim violations, 28% quantity maxim violations, 28% manner maxim violations, and 16% quality maxim violations. There were 7 relevant maxim violations, 7 quantity maxim violations, 7 manner maxim violations, and 4 quality maxim violations. These maxims were violated to avoid sensitive topics, maintain image, obscure answers, and hide the truth. Public reactions to Joe Biden’s statements that violated the maxims were found to be 89% or 892 data points negative and 11% or 111 data points positive out of 1,003 data points. Positive perspectives often expressed support, acknowledged Joe Biden’s claims, and defended Joe Biden against accusations made by other netizens. Furthermore, negative perspectives were often found to criticize, mock, and convey satirical statements implying rejection of Joe Biden’s claims. This study also found a correlation between Joe Biden’s violations of maxims and a decline in public trust.
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| Subjects: | Bahasa Inggris Politik Internasional Budaya |
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| Keywords: | Maxim Violation; public perspective; cooperative principle | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Sastra Inggris | ||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | Hafsah Hanifa Fauziya | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2025 04:14 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2025 04:14 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | http://digilib.uinsa.ac.id/id/eprint/81817 |
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