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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis is a study of back-channel feedbacks produced by Luna Maya
as Indonesian female presenter and Raffi Ahmad as Indonesian male
presenter. The writer is curious to know the types, the frequencies and
the differences of back-channel feedbacks produced by each presenter as
one of effective communication methods that play an important role
especially in hosting variety show. Back-channel feedback is the
response given while someone is speaking or after someone?s speech
(Allwood, 1992, p.9). In this study, the writer recorded 5 March and
April episodes of Dahsyat and then transcribed the script, classified and
compared the back-channel feedbacks by Luna Maya and Raffi Ahmad
by using Gardner (1994) classification of back-channel feedbacks which
is divided into seven categories, they are continuers, acknowledgements,
assessments, news markers, brief questions, collaborative completions
and non-verbal vocalizations. In Indonesia, which still holds many strong
Asian values and emphasizes a suppression of emotion especially for
women, the writer found that the male presenter also has the tendency to
produce more back-channel feedbacks than the female presenter. Luna
Maya produced more collaborative completions (8:5), continuers (2:1)
and news markers (1:0) than Raffi Ahmad, whereas Raffi Ahmad
produced more assessments (15:1), acknowledgements (10:5) and brief
questions (5:4) than Luna Maya. However, both of the presenters
produced the same number of non-verbal vocalizations (9). Overall, non-verbal
vocalization (9) was the most frequently produced back-channel
feedbacks by Luna Maya, while assessment (15) was the most frequently
produced back-channel feedbacks by Raffi Ahmad. It seems that in the
music variety show which emphasizes on freedom and spontaneity, the
back-channel feedbacks may serve as basic communication?s functions:
to maintain contact and interaction, to show the degree of perception,
attention, understanding and agreement in order to build alive and
entertaining conversations.