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portrayal in Indonesia University of Education, generally in Indonesia. Thus, the different findings and conclusions will enrich the knowledge about
women’s portrayal in media.
1.6 Research Methodology 1.6.1
Research Design
The present study uses a qualitative descriptive method since the data used in this study is a text
– ten song lyricswritten by Katy Perry-. According to Maxwell 1996, qualitative research design focuses on specific situations or
people and emphasizes on words rather than numbers. This study is attempted to find out howwomen are typically portrayed in those selected song lyrics and what
gendered messages can be derived from the song lyrics. The design is considered appropriate to be applied in this present study because it is proposed to describe
the women’s portrayal and gendered messages found in Katy Perry’s selected song lyrics. The data will be analyzed by describing, elaborating, and interpreting
the findings. Thus, the analysis will be emphasized by means of description.
1.6.2 Site and Subject of the Study
The subjects of this present study are ten song lyrics written and sung by Katy Perry. They are Fingerprints, Hot n Cold, I Kissed a Girl, If You Can Afford
Me, I’m Still Breathing, Lost, Mannequin, One of the Boys, Self Inflicted, and Thinking of You.
The song lyrics are taken from the same Katy Perry’s album, One of the Boys 2008. The present study will be conducted by analyzing the ten
Katy Perry ’s song lyrics to know how women are typically portrayed in those
Amelia Lisara, 2013 THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN IN KATY PERRY’S SELECTED SONG LYRICS
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selected song lyrics. It will also investigate the gendered messages in the song lyrics in relation to post feminism perspective.
1.6.3 Data Collection
The data will be collected from ten Katy Perry’s song lyrics in the form of
textual evidences. In addition, the data of the study is also gained from other source in written forms books, academic journals, and articles about the subject
being investigated. Then, by leaning on the information obtained from analyzing the song lyrics and literary research, the study will try to meet the research
objectives.
1.6.4 Data Analysis
The data analysis was presented through the following procedures: 1.
Reading and re-reading the ten song lyrics being investigated; 2.
Highlighting and collecting the textual evidences that can be acquired from lyrics that represent the issue of this study
3. Categorizing the textual evidences into some portrayals;
4. Framing those textual evidences with related theoretical frameworks;
5. Analyzing and interpreting the result of data collection;
6. Presenting the conclusion of the result and also providing suggestions
for further study.
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1.7 Clarification of Terms
