EXPERIENTIAL FUNCTION IN FACEBOOK STATUSES BY MALE AND FEMALE USERS

This study deals with the Experiential Function in Facebook Statuses by Male and Female Users. This study attempted to investigate the dominant elements of experiential function used by male and female, the realization and the reasons why the elements of experiential function are coded in the text of Facebook status posted by male and female. This study was conducted by using qualitative design. The data in this study were the clauses of sixteen Facebook statuses posted by sixteen male and sixteen Facebook statuses posted by sixteen female which were related to the case of the blasphemy done by Ahok (17th governor of DKI Jakarta) which were taken from sixteen males’ Facebook account and sixteen females’ Facebook account. The statuses were transcribed in order to be analyzed. From the data analysis and findings it is found that the dominant process found in male and female statuses was mental process, the dominant participant was phenomenon, and the dominant circumstance found in female status was cause but there was no dominant circumstance found in male status. The dominant process was realized as perception towards the case of the blasphemy done by Ahok both in male and female status. The dominant circumstance in the Facebook status of female is cause which was realized as to explain why the things related to the case could happen. Mental process is dominantly used by male and female in posting their status about the case of the blasphemy done by Ahok because mental process is the process of sensing and in giving response to the case, they use their perception and feelings. It explained how they feel and what their perception about the case is. And female used cause circumstance dominantly in their status because they want to express the reason of why the things related to the blasphemy could happen.