@thesis{thesis, author={Stefani Centi Krisna Tobing}, title ={ANALYSIS OF CODE-SWITCHING USED BY PEOPLE ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER}, year={2014}, url={http://repository.unsada.ac.id/8539/}, abstract={Nowadays, communication can be done face to face and through the social media. Many people switch code from one language to another. It is known as code-switching. In this term paper, the writer tries to analyze code-switching that used by people on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The writer will first introduce definition of the terms, types of code-switching and reasons of codeĀ­ switching. After that, the writer presents and outlines data that collected on the social media. The aims of this study are to find out whether intra-sentential, interĀ­ sentential or emblematic switching on types of code-switching; and talking about particular topic, quoting somebody else, interjection, repetition used for clarification or real lexical need on reasons of code-switching mostly appeared on social media. The writer uses qualitative method to collect all of the data. There are one hundred twenty data in the form of images obtained from sixty random people. The result shows that inter-sentential switching (36%) the types of code switching and talking about particular topic ( 62%) the reasons of code-switching are mostly appeared on the social media. Finally, based on distribution frequency of gender, woman (70%) is the mostly used code-switching on social media.} }