THE USE OF PROCESS IN MALE AND FEMALE'S TEXT STATUS OF FACEBOOK

Abstract

This study focused on the use of process in male and female’s text status of
Facebook. The objectives were to describe the patterns of process and to reasons
for male and female’s use process in Facebook status. This study was used
descriptive qualitative methode because the object of the study was Facebook
status in male and female. The sample was randomly taken from 1250 population
of Facebook users there were 329 clauses in text status.The research instrument of
this study is documentary sheet. Technique of analyzing the data was descriptive
technique, while the steps in analyzing the data are as follows: identyfing the
clauses in Facebook status, classifying the clauses into types of process, and
describing each process. Based on the table of the finding, it can be concluded that
mental process has the most dominant process found in Facebook status and
dominant use by male. From the analysis, it is found that 127 (38.6%) material
process, 50 (15.1%)mental process, 122 (37.0%) relational process, 15 (4.5%)
verbal process, 6 (1.8%) behavioral process, and 18 (5.4%) existential process.