and Revelations to find the analysis of the interpersonal meaning. The followings were the steps of the data analysis of this study:
1. Collecting the data in the form of clauses from Muse’s song lyrics in the album Black Holes and Revelations;
2. classifying and choosing the song lyrics based on the relevance theme that is internal conflict happening to the writer in facing the life;
3. finding information about Muse and Black Holes and Revelations album and also theories related to the interpersonal meaning through a
research library; 4. analyzing the mood and residue of those song lyrics of Muse in the
album Black Holes and Revelations; 5. analyzing the mood types of those song lyrics of Muse in the album
Black Holes and Revelations; 6. analyzing the modality realized in those song lyrics of Muse in the
album Black Holes and Revelations and identifying the degree; 7. drawing the conclusion.
D. Data Trustworthiness
To achieve the credibility of the data, the researcher performed deep and detail observation on the data, so the data can be regarded credible. she read and
reread the data carefully and comprehensively until gets certainty that the data are in accordance with the research question. The credibility of the data is also got
through triangulation technique. There are four main types of triangulation: by
source – data are collected from different sources; by methods – different data collection strategies are used such as individual interviews and participant
observation; by researcher – which involves the use of more than one researcher to analyze the data, develop and test the identification; and by theories – multiple
theories and perspective are considered during data analysis and interpretation. In this research, she used sources and observers. Sources, in the forms of books,
papers, journals, and some written sources from the internet that related to some linguistics theories, were used in this research. Meanwhile, in utilizing the
observers, she applied peer review. Peer reviewing means asking friends to confirm the research data. Moreover, she also asked for some help from the
lecturers to check.
