lxxix replicating, cataloguing, or classifying the object.” Miles and Huberman, 1984. The
data used in a qualitative research are in the forms of words, sentences, discourse, pictures, diary, memorandum, and video, and there is also no calculation or enumeration
Sutopo, 1999: p.20.The descriptive qualitative research is a type of research which does not include any calculation or enumeration since the data produced are words Moleong,
1990. The research is also descriptive comparative. It compares one another in order to
solve the problems Surachmad, 1994. The reseacher compares the genre and ideology of editorials exposing the tsunami’s tragedy in two different mass medias on the internet.
B. Data and The Source of Data
The source of data is the subject from which the data are obtained Arikunto, 1986:6. The source of data were editorial of The New York Times in January, 8th 2005
edition taken from www.nytimes.com and the editorial of the Arab News in January, 9th 2005 edition taken from www.arabnews.com.
The data of the research resource are the lexicogrammar system including clauses, theme system, transitivity, MOOD system, nominal group, verbal group, and text
structure in the frame of Systemic Functional Linguistics.
C. Sample and Technique of Sampling
lxxx Sudaryanto 1988 states that sample constitutes the object of research that is
capable of representing the population on the whole. Meanwhile, the technique sampling is a technique of choosing the sample Hadi, 1988.
The researcher uses total sampling in this research so that all of the data provided are taken to be analyzed. Therefore, the samples of this research are all clauses provided
in the texts, From the Ruins taken from the New York Times Newspaper and Lost Opportunity taken from the Arab News Newspaper.
D. Research Procedure
The procedures of this research covers six steps as follows: 1.
Collecting the data. 2.
Analyzing the data based on Systemic Functional Linguistics 3.
Interpreting the analyzed data 4.
Determining the genres and the ideologies of the texts 5.
Comparing the genres and the ideologies between two different media 6.
Drawing conclusion.
D. Technique of Collecting Data
Technique of collecting data refers to the way the researcher obtains the data. According to Subroto, there are some types of technique of collecting data in linguistic
research. They are teknik rekam to record the data taken, wawancara indepth interviewing, teknik simak dan catat to listen to the spontaneous language expression
lxxxi and write the relevant data, teknik pustaka to use written sources to get the data and
kuesioner questionnairre 1992, p.36-44. Based on the techniques above, in this research, the researcher employs literature
technique teknik pustaka as the technique of collecting data. According to Subroto, literature technique is one of the techniques of collecting data in which the data collected
are in the forms of words and sentences, and the source of literature can be magazine, newspaper, book, story, etc 1992, p.42-43. The researcher reads the editorial of The
New York Times Newspaper and the Arab News Newspaper exposing the tsunami tragedy and its relationship with civil rebellion and notes the editorials as data.
F. Technique of Analyzing Data
