THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES OF PAUL GRICE IN INTERVIEWS OF POLITICAL ISSUES IN INDONESIA

Abstract

The present research examines Indonesian political interviews utilising Paul Grice's cooperative ideas. Effective communication relies on Grice's cooperative principles of quantity, quality, connection, and manners. The research identifies observance and non-observance maxims in Indonesian political interviews to reveal politicians' and interviewers' practices. It identifies four types of observance: quantity, quality, relevance, and manner, and non-observance maxims: flouting, violation, infringing, opting out, and suspending. The most common data analysis is violation of maxims, leading to ambiguous information. Compliance with relevance was the second most frequently observed maxim. No cases of infringing maxims were found. Further research is needed to understand cooperative principles in daily communication and political issues in Indonesia. The study might improve public discourse, media training, and decision-making. Qualitative study of political interviews from diverse sources focuses on verbal and non-verbal communication signals and contextual aspects such political environment, media landscape, cultural norms, and power dynamics.