ADDRESSING THE IMPOLITE LANGUAGE IN MASS MEDIA

Meisa Fitri Nasution (Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis, Universitas Labuhanbatu)

Ekonomi Bisnis Manajemen dan Akuntansi (EBMA)
Vol 1, No 1: EBMA 2020

People are given the mind by the Almighty God, they have character and communication rules. People should be able to choose polite words when they are communicating. Likewise with the press, the press should not do "sensations" like provoke the reader into the impolite language. The use of language in the mass media must pay attention to the politeness of language as a form of efforts to educate and foster nation's morals through language. Therefore, there are several things must be considered by journalists (press) and readers who will write in printed media so that their writing can be polite.