Solidarity-Based Content Sharing on Social Media: A Closer Look at the Language Style among Millennial Social Platform Users

Social Media platforms have shaped diverse linguistic issues through informal language use, language adaptation and change, linguistic creativity and global communication. The current study reveals the issues about investigating about language style and linguistic form of solidarity expression used by the millennial community on social media platforms. Thirty respondents who aged about 23-43 years old considered as millennial participated in this study and inquired through open-ended questionnaire. The data was probed by using grounded theory proposed by Creswell. The findings exposed that language style were realized for certain communication purposes and based-social context oriented, solidarity expression was shown through a different linguistic form to reveal ideas, feeling, empathy, caring, respect, moral justice and kinds of arguments. after deeply investigated, there were four types of language styles that are dominantly used by millennial on this social media platform, namely formal language style, informal language style, slang language style and colloquial language style, unfortunately, many people abuse social media as a platform for venting their anger and their disappointment by using disrespectful language and behaviors are frequently observed online. Consequently, this scholarly paper also provides advice on the user of social media platform must possess a range of skills including linguistic knowledge, sociocultural knowledge, and the ability to use language in appropriate ways depending on the specific communicative context.


Introduction
Recently, technology is evolving quickly and changing many aspects of human life.the change is clearly seen like communication technologies that have increased the possibilities for how people can send and receive information.Social media is one of the most powerful sources for information and news updates (Esteron, 2021).It is as a network media which has the power to shape public opinion and influence behavior.They can amplify messages, create trends, and drive social change.Social media platforms facilitate the dissemination of information, facilitate communication of individual perspectives, and facilitate the achievement of collective agreement on matters of action (Castells, 2012;Ekström and Stman, 2013;McGarty et al., 2014).Social media Users build and preserve relationships with other people who have similar needs, interests, or issues while also sharing their ideas, insights, information, and other content (Cho et al, 2010).
Social media presents a platform for all users to freely express themselves through various form of linguistics style (W.Yin and A. Zubiaga, 2020).Freedom of self-expression is a fundamental principle of social media, as these platforms provide an outlet for users to post their views on a wide range of topics, including politics, social issues, solidarity, entertainment, hobbies, and personal experiences without facing direct censorship or restrictions from the platform itself.There are cases of language use are not rare and can severely impact user experience and even the civility of a community such as offensive language and abuse language (C.Nobata,2016).In consequence, there are so many languages which people should take care of what they can write in giving their content sharing.Language comes in different variants that are determined by area, age, career, or social status (Alozie, 2019;Ampera et al., 2020).
The content shared on social media is constantly evolving, providing current events, trends, and various information.The types of content found on social media are Text Posts, Image, Videos, Meme, Links, advertisements and etc.A content has various positive and negative responses expressed through various language styles.Language style is the preferred method of utilizing language (Ducrot and Todorov (1993;Natsie et al., 2022).It relates to the way multiple expressions are utilized to convey the same information and is related to distinct varieties of language that are employed in different circumstance and context.
The presents study explores investigating about language style and linguistic form of solidarity expression used by the millennial community on social media platforms.Millennials are those who were born between 1980 and 2000 and grew up in the Internet digital development (Kaifi,2012).The content of Abby Choi's murder as the source of this study.In the murder cases, there are a lot of reactions such as: judging the killer, praying for the victim, complaining to the justice and expressing their emotions.

Language Style
Language is an important in the construction of a social media content.It constitutes acts of identity via ideologically constructed relations between language style and social meaning (Eckert, 2008;Zhang, 2005).Language serves as a primary medium for communication, and the act of communication typically occurs within a certain social framework.The necessity for good communication is in the comprehension and acknowledgment of the interrelationships existing between a language and its users (Amberg, 2009;Muvid et al., 2023).Language serves as a means of expressing not just our personal ideas, but also the societal values and customs prevalent within our family-related, social, and communal associations Language style.

Solidarity-Based Content Sharing on Social Media: A Closer Look at the Language Style among Millennial Social Platform Users
Language style is the manner in which people communicate using language, whether it could be oral or written Chaika (1982).Language style refers to the selection of linguistic structures employed to communicate social or visual intentions.Every single person has a different language style, which is influenced by various factors including cultural background, level of education, social status, personal experience and various social context.Each language has its own set of stylistic conventions and norms.Additionally, the use of language style can also serve as a means of identity or group affiliation.For instance, certain communities may have their own distinct language styles that help express their shared values and cultural identity.
Kirszner and Mandell (2003) identified four distinct language styles, namely formal, informal, slang, and colloquial.These categories align with Joos' (1967: 11) classifications of frozen, formal, casual, intimate, and consultative styles.In this instance, the scholar conducts a comparative analysis of the language style theory proposed by Krizner and Mandell (2003) and Joos (1967).The function of language is how people use their native tongue when they speak more than one (Halliday, Chaer and Agustina, 2004.It implies that language serves as a tool for human interaction and communication.The author of this study applies Halliday's theory of the use of language to examine how millennials utilize language in different contexts.According to Halliday, there are seven functions of language listed in Howard Jackson's book (2011) which are instrumental, regulatory, representational, personal, heuristic, imaginative and interactional.

Social Media Content Sharing
The increasing prevalence of social media platforms has brought about a range of concerns over the scope of their utilization and the nature of the information being conveyed (Bashir, 2021;Supsiloani et al., 2022).Social media are Internet-based services that enable users to interact, collaborate, and create, share, and find content (Kim, 2010).One of the most appealing aspects of social media is the facilitation of user-generated content, which has the potential to transform individuals from passive content consumers to active content creators (Nov et al., 2010;Purba et al., 2018).Social media blurs the traditional line between media and public by giving people places to talk to each other and take part, this changes the role of the user from receiver to creator (Kim et al., 2010;Lee, 2012;Amal et al., 2022).It also differs from traditional media in that it allows for real-time two-way communication from many to many with no external control (Chen et al., 2018;Ingtias et al., 2022).It offers global connectivity that encourages social interaction, contribution, and participation via posts, comments, reviews, and feedback (Bashir, 2021;Safrizal et al., 2022) which is Social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok and YouTube are changing how people consume and distribute news.

Solidarity Sharing
Solidarity plays a major role in the freedom of conscience and individual rights, moral pluralism, moral education (empathy, caring and respect), moral justice (fairness) and political community; and the argument of religion and solidarity can give significant support in the cultural resources against the global trends that threaten the environment.Solidarity as "a shared consciousness, experience, history, or identity (Prainsack & Buyx, 2011;Ingtyas et al., 2021).There are some commonalities among these definition about solidarity.Firstly, solidarity is socially based; that is, solidarity exists as a result of the existence and the interactions with the other within a given context.Second, solidarity is a result of an intentional and conscious decision.Individuals, groups, or communities consciously decide to build some form of solidarity among them or with another individual, group, or community, due to specific reasons in a given context.Third, solidarity is a reciprocal attachment or commitment people consciously have to each other based on selected similarities or interests.
Undeniably, solidarity first and foremost requires specific types of behavior or action, such as support and help.Yet, the role of emotions and attitude is essential in building and strengthening solidarity.This rejection might be a result of how solidarity has been approached.That is, solidarity has never been considered as an extra-linguistic event; hence, abstract aspects, such as emotions and attitudes that are expressed linguistically, have never been examined in relation to solidarity.Indisputably, solidarity, as a communicative event, and its expressions can take on a variety of linguistic manifestations.In the available literature, there are a few attempts to scrutinize solidarity and its verbal expressions.Honohan (2008), for example, examined metaphors in political discourse to show how metaphors can construct or facilitate solidarity, concluding that some metaphors did play a pivotal role in building political solidarity Finally, solidarity is primarily displayed through actions.Part of this action, we argue here, is how individuals and groups communicate and interact in any given social and interpersonal context.Hence, solidarity is also communicative; that is, from a linguistic perspective, solidarity is achieved and reproduced through language.To stretch it, we can argue, more often than not, that solidarity starts and is achieved first through language and then actions.Larry May (1996).May (1996) argues that solidarity consists of the following elements: 1) conscious identification with the group, 2) bonds of sentiment, 3) common interests in the group's well-being, 4) shared values and beliefs, and 5) readiness to show moral support.These elements, as Alharbi (2018) argues, need to be expressed and communicated verbally, an aspect that has not been studied extensively.Hence, Alharbi (2018) suggests another two senses through which solidarity can be viewed and examined, i.e., discursive and performative.Viewing solidarity from a discursive lens allows us to have a clearer understanding of how solidarity is constructed in discourse, and consequently, develop a comprehensive theory revealing relevant strategies and tools.

Research Method
In qualitative descriptive research, researcher prioritizes comprehending the distinct context of the particular human experience.This style of investigation necessitates adaptable research methodologies that are inductive and dynamic, while ensuring that the data remains faithful to the phenomenon under examination (Ormston et al., 2014;Sandelwoski 2010).This study aims to examine the language style and its function in the written responses to the phenomenon surrounding the murder of Abby Choi on the Instagram social network within the millennial generation.This research explains the social phenomena which is how millennial users of social media could share their solidarity reaction based on some moment.According to Hsieh Shannon (2005), qualitative content analysis has the potential to effectively analyze various forms of communication resources, including social media.

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The data in this research is using questionnaire where millennial social media users' expressed their solidarity to content sharing about the murder of Abby Choi in Instagram via link https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpKtD-8P7qv/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA.Openended free-text replies in questionnaires have been recognized as valuable data sources in qualitative descriptive studies (Kim et al., 2017;Purba et al., 2019).Specifically, the utilization of online open-ended questions has the advantage of reaching a wide geographical audience (Seixas et al., 2018;Amin et al., 2021).
In order to characterize, clarify, and draw conclusions about the phenomena of the study object from the sample data that has been gathered, descriptive analysis is utilized.The theory proposed by Miles (2014) posits that the evaluation of data involves three distinct processes: data reduction where the researcher selected the answers from the questionnaire, data display where the data are categorizing and organizing into the table, and conclusion drawing or verification where the researcher analyze the solidarity expression from the answers first, then analyze the language style and language functions from millennials expressions.

Result
This chapter provides a comprehensive analysis of two data categories.Expressions of solidarity and a certain linguistic style are present.The questionnaire was completed by a total of 35 participants.The research data primarily examines the manner in which news about Abby Choi's murder is conveyed on Instagram.The questionnaires were analysed using grounded theory to uncover patterns of solidarity expression and linguistic style.The data provided is succinct and presented in the following manner: The data judged the murderer who did not have any conscience because he had committed murder for money especially to his wife with expressing it in "anything can happen, especially when it comes to money".Belonging to the context of the news, the researcher knew if the murderer killed because he wanted the money of his victim Sucihabibillahindra_ = (No wonder she divorced and left that family!If only it had been enough to save her life.Bless her children.) the word "No wonder she divorced and left that family!If only it had been enough to save her life" who can't save her life and tragically her life ended by her ex husband.And the data showed empathy to the children because she can save her life from the murder so the reactor felt that is good for her daughter by expressing "Bless her children".Ridhozuhriansyah = (People should more to learn what is the meaning of humanity) The data showed the solidarity by sharing opinion in moral education in which we are as a human or people need to learn what humanity is, so the murder or any actions which are immoral could be reduced.The example of this gruesome murdered had showed that people never learn what is human right or individual right in this world.it showed moral education in caring about what people could be if they learn about "humanity".Therefore, the murdered could not be happened Liskarahmawatii = (Poor lady, I can only imagine all the suffering she went through) This data showed empathy as a form of solidarity expression, it felt that the lady was unlucky about her life and the data was feeling all misfortune that the lady was felt too by expressing "Poor lady" which is showing empathy because the lady on the news is dead because of her ex husband.Meinissaasd = (This is so awful, rest in peace.Hope justice will be served) Beside of sharing empathy in the victim's death tragically with the word "rest in peace", the data also showed the social justice and support to the victim.The word "Hope justice will be served" represented how the data above need the social justice to be served.The murder who is her ex husband had the courage to kill his own wife.It made this news is awful to be heard.We could take a look that human had lose their moral or sympathy to others until the murderer made the death being so terrible Rhnalhfiz_ =(Hope the justice help the victim is being well there) This expression is showing solidarity by sharing empathy to hope the victim is being peace in her death with expressing the word "being well there".The reactor is caring about the victim.The data worried about how the justice would be ended "Hope the justice help the victim is being well there" because it wanted the end of justice is equal based on what the murdered had done.Dazilara = (this news is heartbreaking, can't imagine about the daughter feeling about losing her mother, hope the justice will win) Not just showing the empathy the data also required the social justice for the victim.The word "hope the justice will win" served how the data required the justice for the victim.The empathy "can't imagine about the daughter feeling about losing her mother" is showed by the reaction in feeling how the daughter could live without mother and the reactor feel his/her heartbreaking in hearing the news.Emazakia = (what a scary news……Rest in peace choi) The solidarity expression is analyzed from the data with looking at the empathy "Rest in peace choi" to pray and hope of the victim's death.The reactor felt the news was "scary" to be heard because how can husband killed her ex wife tragically and make it as a form of soup.Talha_thoriq =( how creepy that the ex husband make human as food) This expression was strongly identified as solidarity due to the fact common value such as morality where the data thought how could be human cooked human too.It showed moral education because the data analyze the murder was " creepy" and thought that there was no

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freedom to live and death in peace for his ex wife while al of people have individual right.13 Sulthnhagassi_ = (please up this case) The expression is showing social justice of the data where it wanted the case of this murderer need to show to everyone in the world.The data showed direct action in desiring the case is up so people could be aware.
And showing the support about the case, which made the millennial asked this case to be up.14 Fthzh239 = (it's really terrible, they are really blinded by wealth.Rest in peace for Choi) The empathy which is showed by the data for the victim is seen in this reaction in which it send to victim's death.Then, the data also shared common values where it judged the murderer who was "blinded by the wealth" to kill someone.This is immoral as human where in this world individual right is guaranteed, then classified it was "terrible".This is a solidarity expression 15 Mirasyaaf=(Ishumanitystill available ? it's so sick.Rip) The expression showed solidarity by judging immoral murderer and said "it's so sick" for human.The data asked about the humanity "Is humanity still available?",it didn't see any moral from the murdered.The data also showed empathy with saying "Rip" for the victim's death.16 Hanafimlnaa_ =( the murders should be hang immediately justice for the misfortunate victim) This expression showed social justice from the data above to the murderer.The data commanded the justice because of the misfortunate victim.This millennial wanted the justice is enforced as the form of respectful to the tragic murdered by expressing "the murders should be hang immediately justice for the misfortunate victim".This data is belonging to solidarity.17 Meihmnr = (When we talk about human , we must forget that devil also come as a part of her ex husband) By judging the immoral of the murderer "devil also come as a part of her ex husband", it showed that the reaction is solidarity.The data was judging the killer as devil.In judging the perpetrators who did not have consciousness as humans and do not prioritize the victim's freedom to live where all human have individual right which make the writer of this expression called him as devil then 18 Aluuusbrnr = (This news is making woman need to pay more attention with their marriage) The data showed solidarity in form of moral education, it showed the caring of woman's situation and analyzed the case or news where woman as victim of the marriage and showed collective awareness to woman "This news is making woman need to pay more attention with their marriage".Based on the news, the woman or the ex wife was being the victim of the man (the ex husband).It makes sense if another woman could be killed by the man.This data did not want if a woman becomes a murder victim from a man who lacks humility.This expression showed how the data delivered its solidarity by judging the mental and physic of the immoral murderer which is terrifying "it's very terrifying what a person is mentally& physically".The less of moral education from the murderer made this millennial is judging the murderer's action Resa_ayurin05 = (This is so terrible) The solidarity can be analyzed from the expression where this data responded in simple way to the case, where it showed moral education to convey the expression to care about the murdered and concluded it as "terrible".Yudilarangmasuk = (it's just so sad!)By showing empathy or moral education in understanding about something in concluding that the case is "sad".The expression of the data was sad of the news.This data is showing the empathy because the news realized that the tragic death of the victim who killed by person that was having intimately as couple is hurting.Dndya_ = (This is so insane , humanity is gonna be dead in this world) This data was showing moral justice to the victim because the "insane" ex husband who is immoral and it is sharing moral education about "humanity which might be dead" after seeing the news.This data thought this news had showed the loss of moral justice to the extent that the victim was killed insanely such as cooked the victim into the soup and kept her another part of body into the fridge Ahjayadiy = ( No more kindness in human) This data showed the solidarity by showing the loss of moral justice in human while sharing opinion about how the human who is the murderer didn't have any "kindness" that made him kill other in terrible way.The way of the murderer killed his ex wife in many parts, made her as soup, put her others put on the fridge had showed there is no conscience freedom that the victim could get from her ex husband.Ayaaaaa.07 = (so sad, hope she is able to rest in peace) The empathy expression from the data which was "sad" with the victim's dead who losing her right to live like other human.The solidarity of the data is about giving empathy on victim's misfortunate in facing and accepting how her life could be ended by someone who had intimately relationship with her.Bishopz31 = (Money is the root of all evil case closed.May she rest in peace) Besides showing empathy "May she rest in peace" to the victim injustice to live, the data also showed moral education where "money" was being the top one reason for human in evil case.It was really hurt when money is made as the big reason to kill someone tragically.Pohonpo = (What about the daughter) This simple expression showed the moral education in caring others and empathy simultaneously about the victim's daughter.The data was being care about the daughter situation "What about the daughter" and showed empathy for the daughter to lose her mother.Ridomnrg_ = ( Maybe all of the kindness that her ex husband did for Abby before were all crap) In sharing solidarity the data is showing empathy to the victim who might get fake kindness from husband before "Maybe all of the kindness that her ex husband did for Abby before were all crap".The data was also judging the loss of moral to the murderer manner in the present until he could brutally in killing the people who close to him.As a human, we have individual right which are required to live a free and equitable life and cannot be interfered with or denied by the government or other individuals.But the murderer broke her individual right with ending her life.Aqisasseweth = (What a disturbing news, so sorry for her.Rest in peace Abby) Empathy from the data is filled up the reaction to show solidarity.The reactor felt "sorry" for the death and sent the " peace" to her death.Showing moral education with caring about the terribly death of the victim, then collecting awareness because this millennial has been disturbed by the news.Adezahratifani = (Her ex husband might think that soup had been the la la land for Abby to rest) Besides showing empathy to the victim who was made to be soup by her husband to rest, the data also judge the immoral or moral justice to the murderer's thought of making the victim as soup "Her ex husband might think that soup had been the la la land for Abby to rest".This millennial assume the loss of conscience from the murderer made him being so mean to end the life of his closest people 31 Rikhi_hasibuan = ( I feel blue with this murder, the ex husband is just only a chicken) The solidarity could be found in this expression because the data showed empathy to the murder "I feel blue with this murder" and judging or giving opinion about the husband who was only a loser with describing the word "chicken".The showing of moral justice in caring about the murder where this millennial felt sad about what was happened to the marriage before until the ex husband lost his mind and killed her tragically.32 Whirlwindszen = ( oh God speechless,, may her soul rest in peace) This data showed empathy about how it couldn't say anything "oh God speechless" because this gruesome murder.The reactor also showed empathy or caring to the "peace" of victim's death.This millennial was speechless with the criminal's inhumane treatment to someone who once had a married life with him.33 Dewiyantiputrinst = (He might chill out after doing that murder while he didn't know it could be balls-up) This millennial demonstrated moral justice because the criminal remained composed while committing his crime "He might chill out after doing that murder", despite the fact that the victim was once someone closest to him.

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Annisapratiwi572 = (The murder just wanna have some fun without knowing he is gonna be put in the jail and hell) This expression could be defined as solidarity because the data showed moral justice with murderer's fate.The data showed if the "jail and hell" could be the result to his horrible crime to the victim.As the final of justice, the having fun action before make effect to the criminal to be sent to jail "The murder just wanna have some fun without knowing he is gonna be put in the jail and hell".

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Grassijeuni = (This was the most terrifying murder case I've ever heard.May her soul rest in peace) The solidarity could be found in this expression because the data showed any empathy to the victim for the "terrifying murder" that she felt and sent the right of " peace" from the victim in her death.This millennial also showed the caring of this case because the murder was terrifying make this millennial keep on eyes to the case which could be happened again to others.
The following data are identified as language style that is expressed on Instagram to the content sharing of Abby Choi's murdered.The data are classified into the types of language style.The data are as followed:

Discussion
The data of table 2 which are collecting from 35 respondents, but there are 30 respondents which are eligible as the Millennials.From 35 accounts who respond to the content of Abby Choi, the researcher found many types of language style namely 6 formal, 14 informal, 5 colloquial, and 5 slang.The data of table 3 which are collected from 35 respondents, there are various functions of language style.The researcher found 5 functions of language which are 2 regulatory, 6 representational, 14 personal, 2 heuristic, and 6 imaginative functions of language to the content sharing of Abby Choi's murdered.The detail analysis of the results made as clear explanation why the expressions are belonging to solidarity expression and why their expressions are called as one language style and language function.
Solidarity expressions are found in all reaction or answers from people who filled the questionnaire because they share their empathy, their moral values such as moral injustice, moral education, moral pluralism, caring and respect to the case murder of AbbyChoi who was killed tragically by her ex husband.There are 4 from 7 language style which are found from the expressions which are formal ( it can be seen when people expressed their thought seriously, using standard form of language, no abbreviations and using modal such as must, might, could, should), informal (the language style is considered as informal when people use the casual words, the sentence is less on grammar, using acronyms and lacking a clear subject or verb), slang (it can be looked as the people's language where people use idioms to share that language), then colloquial (it used incorporates constructions and shorter versions of words).
The research found 5 from 7 language functions in millennials expression which are regulatory ( this functions use language to begging, rejecting suggesting, organizing and approving among others), representational ( this function is used when people express ideas or convey information), personal ( it is used when people convey thoughts, feelings and other deeply felt reaction in a person), heuristic ( it is used to represent the questions from people), then imaginative (it is used to convey feelings, fantasies, and thought, whether or not they are true.

Conclusion
The research conclusion shows that the function of language in the millennial generation may use a personal function that reveals how they think about the function of language when the millennial generation conveys their responses in their language style.Millennials love conveying thoughts, feelings, and other deep reactions to someone.With a total of 14 personal functions of language style data written by the millennial generation in solidarity content about Abby Choi.The conclusion is simply that the language used to show expressions of solidarity can represent various types of language styles and language functions of the millennial generation who express their thoughts, ideas and feelings in one sharing content Instagram.

Table 1 . Solidarity Expressions NO Account Instagram name and Solidarity Expression Solidarity Expression Analysis
individual right with express "the punishment is fair with what was done".Then, the data shared the empathy to the victim with the word "RIP" which meant it prayed for the victim's death.International Journal

Table 2 .
Language Style