GENDER CONVERSATIONAL STYLE OF THE PRESENTERS OF EIGHT ELEVEN SHOW ON METRO TV

This study investigates gender conversational style of the presenters of eight eleven talk show on Metro TV. The objectives of the study are : (1) to know the features of conversational styles are used by male and female presenters in conversation in Eight eleven TV show, (2) to describe how presenters male and female used conversational style in eight eleven TV show, and (3) to describe why reason male and female presenters use differently style in eight eleven TV. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative research through documentary technique. The data were taken from download the video from you tube, and the researcher used data record as an instrument. These data (utterances of male and female presenters) had been transcribed into written text. The data were analyzed by using interactive technique by Miles and Huberman (1994). This research has drawn the following result.(1) there are five types of feature conversational style was identified from eight eleven talk show; they are amount of talk, interruption, conversation support, and compliment. (2) male presenters are able to communicate by female like strategies, and vice versa female speakers are able to communicate by male like strategies. (3) Male and female presenters used style differently, because they have different characteristic in communication.