A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ONLINE NEWS TEXTS: A CASE OF TRIBUN-TIMUR.COM

Authors

  • Muhamad Soeharto UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
  • Didin Nuruddin Hidayat UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7506-4258
  • Alek Alek UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta
  • Yudi Septiawan STISIPOL Pahlawan 12 Bangka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31943/wej.v5i1.120

Keywords:

Critical Discourse Analysis, Linguistics, Online News Texts

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the dimensions of texts, such as elements of representation, relations, and identity according to the Norman Fairclough discourse analysis displayed on the online news. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. Researchers began to analyze the data by reading the news of the February 2019 ATKP cadet death portal online, understanding the elements of the Norman Fairclough text dimension, and doing the technique to record the results in the reporting of the death of the ATKP cadet in February 2019. The reporting on the death of ATKP strains on February 9, 2019, entitled: Penganiayaan di Kampus Akademi Teknik Keselamatan Penerbangan (ATKP) dan Politeknik Ilmu Pelayaran (PIP) Kota Makassar, dinilai warga sekitar, sudah menjadi hal biasa, and on February 10, 2019, entitled: Sepekan taruna ATKP Makassar tewas dianiaya seniornya, begini penanganan kasusnya posted on the tribun.com website became the primary data in this research. The results showed that some elements of text dimensions are on the news, such as representation, relations, and identity. It was found that Tribun-timur.com was relatively proportional in reporting the pros and cons of the event.  

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Author Biographies

Muhamad Soeharto, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Muhammad Soeharto is a postgraduate student at Department of English Education, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Didin Nuruddin Hidayat, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Didin is a senior lecturer and Head Department of English Education, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Alek Alek, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Alek is a senior lecturer at Department of English Education, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Yudi Septiawan, STISIPOL Pahlawan 12 Bangka

Yudi is asenior lecturer at STISIPOL Pahlawan 12 Bangka

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Published

2021-03-13

How to Cite

Soeharto, M. ., Hidayat, D. N., Alek, A., & Septiawan, Y. (2021). A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF ONLINE NEWS TEXTS: A CASE OF TRIBUN-TIMUR.COM. Wiralodra English Journal (WEJ), 5(1), 32–44. https://doi.org/10.31943/wej.v5i1.120