3.4 Technique of Data Collection
The data were collected from the online the Jakarta Post at www.thejakartapost.comchannelcartoon from 2009 – 2011. There are 10 cartoons.
However, the researcher only took 50 from the population as the samples. The researcher used purposive sampling technique because she looked for the hottest
issues each year from 2009 to 2011. The total samples were five cartoons. In collecting the data, the researcher applied the following steps:
1. Searching the cartoons from the website of the Jakarta Post at
www.thejakartapost.comchannelcartoon; 2.
Downloading the cartoons; 3.
Sorting and sampling of the SBY cartoons which consist of verbal and visual signs out;
3.5 Technique of Data Analysis
After the data were collected by the researcher, they were analyzed. The cartoons were analyzed in term of both verbal and visual signs. Visual signs were
analyzed using Peirce’s semiotic 1931-1935: 228. Meanwhile, the verbal signs were analyzed using Van Dijk ideological square model 1998: 130. There were some
steps in this analysis.
1. The researcher described the political issue related to each cartoon;
2. The researcher proceeded the signs in each cartoon using Pierce’s semiosis
analysis model, then followed by discussion. For example is in a political cartoon published by the Jakarta Post on March 18
th
2012 :
Sign Object
Interpretant
Tears Water which coming out
from eyes when someone is in a state of high emotion,
whether sad or happy. Or when the eyes of someone
possessed by dust or injured. Very
sad, weepy, hurt , scared,
sensitive or
very happy
Table 3.1. Semiosis Process in SBY Program of Self-Pity
The sign refers to an object understood by the person. In this case, tears as sign refer to water that coming out from eyes when someone is in a state of
high emotions, or when the eyes of someone get dust or injured. This object has effects to interpretant;
3. The researcher analyzed the sentences or words in the cartoons using Van
Djik’s theory in CDA followed by discussion. The researcher applied Van Djik’s ideological square to analyze discourse at the levels of meaning,
propositional structures, formal structures, sentence syntax, discourse forms, argumentation, rhetoric, and action and interaction;
4. The researcher drew conclusions and suggestions.
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS
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