Type of research Data Source Method of Collecting Data

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter explains research method applied in this study. Including in this section are type of research, data and source, method of collecting data, population and sample and method of analyzing data and method of presenting data.

3.1. Type of research

This research observes language used and variation, language in the representation of meaning and language identity in Indonesia teenager magazine; Go Girl. The data are written words from the article appeared in Go Girl Magazine January 2016 edition In this research, the writer uses the qualitative approach because the accurate data is not in the form of number but in the forms of word or explanations. Sudaryanto, 1993:62. Similarly, Kountour says that “The qualitative research refers to research method which is not designed to use statistic procedures”. It is descriptive method because the research prefers the explanation and elaboration of the data in the form of discourse, verbal data, non-verbal data, and non-linguistic data socio-cultural data than the data in the form of numbers and data processing in the form of mathematical calculation Kountour, 2004:16.

3.2. Data Source

According to Arikunto 1998:114, a data source is all information or subjects should be colleceted and choosen by the research. The data used in this research is several articles contains traditional and feminist approach in Go Girl Magazine January 2016 edition.

3.3. Method of Collecting Data

In this research, the data were obtained from the articles in Go Girl magazine which uses English-Indonesian language. The writrer collects the original article from the magazine. It means that the writer uses documentation method. Documentation method is a method in which the data is collected from magazine, newspaper and television, script and radio. Additionally, the writer reads all the article in Go Girl magazine and selected several of those article which belong to traditional and feminist approach based on Peirce’s Theory. The writer use simak method, Sudaryanto 1993:133 argues simak method is a method of collecting data through observing the language use and it could be spoken or written language. In this research, the writer use simak method before collecting data. For Simak Bebas Libat Cakap technique, the writer only acts as observer of the article’s language on Go Girl Magazine. After that, the writer will take a note when the writer finds the selected articles. Sudaryanto, 1993:135

3.4. Population and Sample