because at the publication time, those news were overwhelming and being top news of the world. The articles are chosen intentionally from six different days
respectively to make the proportion of the data equal. Those articles are : 1.
“ Senate Renews Ban on Plastic Guns, Rejects Expanded Restrictions”
published on December 09, 2013, written by Maya Rhodan. 2.
“White House Touting Mental Health Funding After Sandy Hook School Shooting” published on December 10, 2013 written by Noah Rayman.
3. “Pivotal Senator Backs Out of Iran Sanctions Push” published on December
11, 2013 written by Dan Kedmey. 4.
“Senator Will Fast To Support Immigration Reform” published on December 12, 2013 written by Alex Rogers.
5. “Women in Federal Workforce Face More Obstacles Than Men” published
on December 13, 2013 written by Nate Rawlings. 6.
“Newtown Anniversary Comes One Painful Day Early For Obama” published on December 14, 2013 written by Zeke J Miller.
The data which are used for the analysis of transitivity process are the clauses found in those political articles, while the data for the analysis of schematic structure
are the whole text of those political articles.
3.3 Data Collecting Method
The selected political articles from Time online magazine are chosen intentionally from Monday, December 09, 2013 to Saturday, December 14, 2013.
There are some steps that the writer did in collecting the data. First, the writer opened the website of Time online magazine. Second, the writer read and chose political
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articles which were published from Monday to Saturday, started from December 09, 2013 to December 14, 2013. Last, the writer printed those six political articles. Those
six political articles are chosen from six different days respectively to make the proportion of the data equal and fair.
3.4 Data Analysis Method
The writer analyzes the data using the qualitative method. The qualitative method is used to get the result of analysis in description form. There are three steps
that will be done in analyzing the data : data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing verification Miles Huberman, 1994 : 10.
The first step is reducing the data to analyze. The writer selected which data was necessary to analyze and which one was not. The second step is displaying the
data. After reducing the data, the writer displayed the data in specific form whether it was tables, matrices, graphs, charts or networks. The last step is drawing a
conclusion. Regarding to this data analysis method, the writer makes several steps in
conducting the analysis. They are: 1.
Reading the selected political articles from Time online magazine as the object of the research.
2. Dividing the data into clauses and reducing the data which is unnecessary.
3. Identifying the verbal group that belong to the transitivity process.
4. Observing what types of transitivity process exist in those clauses.
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5. Identifying the texts that belong to the schematic structures of news genre
newsworthy event, background event, source in accord with the characteristic of each structure.
6. Drawing a conclusion based on the findings of the analysis.
For example : Congress renewed an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can go
undetected in metal detectors on Monday, though tougher restrictions on the guns did not pass. The Senate approved the 10-year extension, narrowly missing
the midnight deadline.
We can divide them into five clauses : 1.
In data 1 occurs Material Process; the participants are Actor and Goal: the circumstance is Circumstance of Time.
Congress renewed an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can go undetected in metal detectors on Monday,
Congress renewed
an expiring ban on plastic firearms that can
go undetected in metal detectors
on Monday,
Actor Material
Goal Circ: Time
2. In data 2 occurs Material Process; the participant is Actor; there is no
circumstance. tough tougher restrictions on the guns did not pass.
tough tougher restrictions on the guns
did not pass. Actor
Material
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3. In data 3 occurs Verbal and Material Process; the participants are Sayer
and Verbiage; the circumstance is Circumstance of Manner quality. The Senate approved the 10-year extension narrowly missing the
midnight deadline. The
Senate approved the 10-year
extension Narrowly
missing the
midnight deadline. Sayer
Verbal Verbiage
Circ: Manner Quality
Material
The schematic structure of the text is newsworthy event because it summarizes events of the news in few clauses.
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CHAPTER IV THE ANALYSIS OF TRANSITIVITY PROCESS AND SCHEMATIC
