Appraisal analysis of music reviewed in @ybrap's instagram account

Abstract

This article discusses attitudes in comments uploaded by Reza Oktovian's Instagram account which features the video clip for the song "Lathi" from Weird Genius. This research is a qualitative research, using appraisal theory as the method of analysis. In this study, researchers collected data by taking a number of comments from posts on the @ybrap Instagram account entitled "LATHI". For initial data, we collected twenty-two comments. Our data criteria include (1) reliable words with attitude, and (2) positive meaning in comments. After that, we took screenshots of the comments for data analysis. The data that has been collected is entered into a checklist according to the type of data. This research is engaged in analyzing data using the flow analysis method. Where the data can be reduced first then the data will be presented in a clear description. After that, finally the writer will draw conclusions from this research according to the data and data analysis that has been done. This study aims to describe the forms of attitude as one aspect of the appraisal theory. And to describe the appraisal analysis used by listeners in the comments column on posts on the @ybrap Instagram account. Finally, the data collected using Appraisal analysis reveals that there is a total of 100% of the data which includes positive values, which is higher compared to negative values with a total of 0% so that the song is clearly set with positive emotional values. with a passing average.