Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2024): Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature

ONLINE PROSTITUTION REGISTER ON MICHAT

Catur Priyo Putranto (Gadjah Mada University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2024

Abstract

The birth and development of technology can affect people's behavior. In addition to influencing in a positive direction, the fact is that technology also influences social behavior in a negative direction. One example of negative influence is the rise of online prostitution business practices. Thus, the business practice of prostitution, which is the oldest business practice in the world, can change from traditional to modern. Prostitutes use terms that are only understood by their potential customers. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out the form, meaning and function of registers born in the midst of online prostitution business on one of Singapore's dating apps MiChat. The data collection method used is documentation technique. Furthermore, in analyzing the data, classification and interpretation techniques were used, to find out the function of the register I conducted a short conversation on the chat feature. After analyzing the data, this study found forty-eight registers classified into three forms. In addition to the classification into three forms of registers, this study also found several registers that have personal and representational functions.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jurnal_prologue

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature published by Faculty of Letters, Balikpapan University. It is published twice a year, namely March and September. It publishes papers in language and literature. The scopes of the topics include but not limited to (1) Literature; (2) Linguistics; (3) ...