3.2 Unit of Analysis
The unit of analysis in this research is every sentence, which contains vague language in news articles on CNN.com.
3.3 Source of Data
The data source of this research was taken from CNN.com. The data was news articles. The total of news articles is three as sample of natural disaster
news. The news articles were daily news published on September 24 and 25, 2013 and October 13, 2013. The news articles were downloaded from the website
http:www.cnn.comnews . They are:
1. Landslide which occured in the Philippines, downloaded from:
http:edition.cnn.com20130924worldasiaphilippines-landslidesindex.html?iref=allsearch
2. Earthquake
which occured
in Pakistan,
downloaded from:
http:edition.cnn.com20130924worldasiapakistan-earthquakeindex.html?iref=allsearch .
3. Phailin or Hurricane which occured in India, downloaded from:
http:edition.cnn.com20131012worldasiaindia-cyclone phailinindex.html?iref=allsearch .
The data above were downloaded by the researcher on 15 October 2013.
3.4 Techniques of Data Collection
The techniques used in gathering the data are: 1.
Searching the news article The researcher searched the news article at CNN.com on the internet.
Then, the researcher saw natural disaster news, there is vague languages found then the researcher decided to chose it for the data in this study.
2. Selecting the news article
The researcher selected three news articles. The news articles were categorized of natural disaster that occured in some countries in Asia.
3. Downloading the news articles
The researcher downloaded the selected news articles from the website http:www.cnn.comnews
3.5 Techniques of data analysis
Technique of data analysis is a way to identify the data as processing analysis. Hence, after the data being collected, the data were analyzed by using
the following steps:
1. Reading selected news articles.
After the data has been collected, the researcher reads news articles thoroughly.
2. Classifying news articles in sentence.
The researcher classifying the news articles in sentence by giving the serial number in each sentence.
3. Identifying the sentence which contains vague language.
The researcher identify the sentences which contains vague language as data analysis.
4. Analyzing the types of vague language.
The researcher analyzes the types of vague language on each sentence which contains vague language.
5. Interpreting the functions of vague language.
The researcher interpreting the functions of vague language used in news articles on CNN.com.
6. Drawing conclusion
The researcher drawing conclusion to conclude the result of the analysis.
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS
This chapter consists of two parts. Those are findings and discussions. In findings, the researcher shows the result of vague language used in news articles
on CNN.com. Meanwhile, in discussions, the findings are explained into two parts, first, analysis of the types of vague language and the second analysis of the
function of vague language in news articles on CNN.com
4.1 Findings
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