TINDAK TUTUR KEBENCIAN DALAM STATUS WHATSAPP

Hate speech acts on social media often become criminal law complaints offenses with the
aim of obtaining justice. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method that aims to
describe hate speech acts on Whatsapp status. The research data comes from the screenshot
of the Whatsapp status obtained by the researcher from BAP (News of the Judiciary), the
researcher as a linguist witness. The data presented in the BAP according to the chronology
or context of the event were analyzed using Searle's speech acts. Based on the analysis, the
writer found several kinds of hate speech acts, namely (1) insulting expressive and warning
directives; (2) derogatory expressive and directive (giving warning); (3) expressive
accusing and assertive (giving statements); (4) assertive accusing, assertive inciting,
expressive insulting, and threatening commissive; (5) commissive, challenging, and
expressive insulting; (6) expressive contempt and assertive accusing; (7) derogatory
expressiveness; (8) assertive accusing, expressive insulting; (9) commissive threats; (10)
expressive insulting, assertive admitting, and assertive accusing.
Keywords: hate speech act; Whatsapp status; forensic linguistics