Background of Study INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE

This chapter consists of three parts which are reviews of related studies, reviews of related theories and theoretical framework. Review of related studies contains the reviews of other related studies previously done by other writers on the slightly similar topic. Then, review of related theories is review of the theories applied in this undergraduate thesis, and the last one is theoretical framework. In this part, the writer explains, one by one, the contribution of the theories and reviews in solving the problems of the study: why the theories are needed and how they are applied in the study.

A. Review of Related Studies

1. Rezkiyana’s thesis “The Study of Media Perspective through Reference and

Repetition seen in RT News and Reuters in the issue of North Korean Nuclear Edition April 1, 2013 This undergraduate thesis discusses the media perspective about the issue of North Korean nuclear seen through the reference and repetition. This research focuses on the analysis of the use of reference and repetition in the publication of North Korea nuclear issue from two different media; Reuters and RT News. The researcher took two different articles from on-line newspaper; Reuters and RT News in the North Korean nuclear issue on April 1, 2013. There are two reasons of choosing the news in the same date to see the media perspectives. The first is both media published 5 same issue of North Korea differently. The second reason is that North Korea became the hot issue around the world because of their surprising statement of nuclear war against South Korea on March 31, 2013. While Rezkiyana discusses the issue about North Korean nuclear issue in RT News and Reuters, this present thesis discusses about the issue of the resignation of South Korea‟s Prime Minister after the accident of the ferry sinking. This present thesis takes the data as same as Rezkiyana‟s thesis, that is from two articles on two different newspapers but the difference is that Rezkiyana‟s articles are about North Korean Nuclear, while this present thesis is about the resignation of South Korea‟s Prime Minister due to the sinking of Ferry which kills almost 400 passengers. Both articles are published on April 27 at the day the Prime Minister resigns. This present thesis develops Rezkiyana‟s thesis. The main topic about the viewpoint of the media discussed by the present writer is slightly similar to the topic discussed by Rezkiyana in her thesis although the scope of analyzing media perspective is deeper than the analysis of the media viewpoint. What makes this present thesis different with Rezkiyana‟s thesis is also on the analysis of the reference and substitution as her base of further analysis about the media perspective on the issue of North Korean Nuclear while this present thesis analyzes the viewpoint of media through the cohesion of the lexical items which convey the context of South Korea‟s Prime Minister‟s resignation.

2. Estiningsih’s thesis “News Ideology of Suharto’s Fall Event in “After

Suharto” in Newsweek and “End of Era” Article in Time Magazine” This undergraduate thesis discusses about the fall of Suharto event seen in two articles from TIME magazine and NEWSWEEK . The first article entitles “After Suharto” while the second article entitles “End of an Era”. This research tries to seek the news ideologies brought in those two articles in understanding the fall of Suharto event in Indonesia, through its representation on the vocabularies choices. Both of this present thesis and Estiningsih‟s thesis analyze the lexical choice in conveying certain issue. While this present thesis analyzes the cohesion of the lexical items or vocabulary in conveying the resignation of South Korea‟s Prime Minister, Estiningsih‟s thesis analyzes the lexical choices without analyzing its cohesion in order to convey the fall of Suharto event. This is what makes this present thesis similar with Estiningsih‟s thesis; the analysis of the lexical choices. Then, the thing that makes this present thesis different with Estiningsih‟s thesis is the further analysis after analyzing the vocabulary choices. The further analysis of this present thesis is about the viewpoint of media, while further analysis of Estiningsih‟s thesis is the news ideologies.

B. Review of Related Theories

1. Theory of Discourse Analysis

Discourse analysis according to James Paul Gee in his book “How to do Discourse Analys is” is the study of language in use. Better put, it is the study of language at use in the world, not just to say things, but to do things 2011: ix. Later