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It is also a left ideological text because the writer puts many negative evaluations in it. He also takes another resources from a woman who also
similar with him in case of evaluating Chris Brown. Even, there is only one positive
attitude in this text. Overall, this text is to show that the writer does not like Chris Brown. Therefore, the ideology of the writer towards this text is
left antagonist .
C. Discussion
This part discusses about the answers of the research questions on the problem statement and the relation between them as well. The significance is that
the theory, the secondary data and related researches are applied here.
1. Result
Based on the data description which contains findings, here is the result of the analysis. This result answers the three questions on problem statement.
a. The appraising items in the texts
Numbers of attitudes found in the texts are put in the table below: Table 4.9.1 Attitudes in the texts
Text Affect
Judgment Appreciation
Number positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative
Text 1
Katy Perry 1
5 -
5 3
2 2
12 5
29.4 47.1
23.5 70.6
19.4
Text 2
Katy Perry 2
1 -
2 -
3 -
6 -
16.7 33.3
50 100
Text 3
Leona Lewis 1
2 1
5 2
6 1
13 4
17.6 41.2
41.2 76.5
23.5
Text 4
Leona Lewis 2
1 1
8 3
2 4
11 8
10.5 57.9
31.6 57.89 42.11
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Text 5
Miley Cyrus 1
3 3
2 2
2 4
7 9
37.5 25
37.5 43.75 56.25
Text 6
Miley Cyrus 2
2 4
1 3
1 1
4 8
50 33.33
16.67 33.33 66.67
Text 7
Chris Brown 1
3 4
6 6
5 3
14 13
25.93 44.44
29.63 51.85 48.15
Text 8
Chris Brown 2
- 3
1 12
- 4
1 19
15 65
20 5
95
Number 33 25
61 46.21 38 28.79
The table above indicates the number of attitudes or the analyzed data of the whole texts. For instance, it is written in the table: 5 positive affects; 5 positive
and 3 negative judgments; and 2 positive and 2 negative appreciations in the first text of Katy Perry, afterward, 1 positive affect; 2 positive judgments; 3 positive
appreciations in the second text of Katy Perry, and so on.
Based on the whole analysis about numbers of the attitudes above, it can be concluded that the writer tends to emphasize evaluations towards person
shown by 46.21 judgment, and everything relating to the artists who are being talked about shown by 28.79 appreciation, instead of expressing his own
feeling about everything being talked. However, in some texts, the number of affect
is more than others. It can be seen from the Text 6 about Miley Cyrus.
Most evaluations in the texts exposing Katy Perry and Leona Lewis are positive
. Meanwhile, in the texts exposing Miley Cyrus and Chris Brown are mostly put negative evaluations. It is proved by the percentage of the positive-
negative analysis of each text. 70.6 and 100 positive attitudes; and 19.4 and 0 negative attitudes of
Katy Perry’s text 1 and 2.
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76.5 and 57.89 positive attitudes; and 23.5 and 42.11 negative attitudes of Leona Lewis’ text 3 and 4.
43.75 and 33.33 positive attitudes; and 56.25 and 66.67 negative attitudes of Miley Cyrus’ text 5 and 6.
51.85 and 5 positive attitudes; and 48.15 and 95 negative attitudes of Chris Brown’s text 7 and 8.
The possibility types of the appraising items are in the forms of word, nominal group, and clause. The table below, based on the analysis in the data
description, is to explain.
Table 4.9.2 Types of the appraising item
Text Type
Text 1 Text 2 Text 3 Text 4 Text 5 Text 6 Text 7 Text 8 Numbers
Minor Clause 1
1 -
1 1
1 3
2 10
7.5
Word Grammatical
item 3
- 1
1 -
1 2
1 9
6.7
Lexical item attitudinal
4 1
4 8
1 1
- 1
20
15
Modal Adjunct
- -
- 1
- -
1 1
3
2.2
Metaphor -
- -
1 -
1 4
2 8
6
Nominal Group
Epithet 4
3 6
3 5
1 4
5 31
23.1
Metaphor -
- 2
- 1
- 1
1 5
3.7
Clause Mental
Process 2
- 1
1 3
4 4
3 18
13.4
Mental Behavior
- -
- -
- 1
1 -
2
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Process 1.5
Relational Process
1 1
1 1
- 1
5 3
13
9.7
Modality Clause
2 -
2 2
5 1
2 1
15
11.2
Based on the table above, the types of the appraising items are 7.5 minor clauses
, 6.7 grammatical items, 15 lexical items, 2.2 modal adjuncts, 6 metaphor
words, 23.1 epithet groups, 3.7 metaphor groups, 13.4 mental process clauses
, 1.5 mental behavior process clauses, 9.7 relational process clauses
, and 11.2 modality clauses. The expressions of the attitudes in the texts on perezhilton.com are in
forms of word: grammatical items, lexical items, modal adjuncts, and metaphor words; nominal groups: epithet and metaphor groups; clause: mental process,
mental behavior process, relational process and modality clause; and minor clause
. The writer often expresses his evaluations without considering what kind of language style that he used. Instead, the writer just delivers the messages or
ideologies clearly. However, mostly
, Perez Hilton’s texts contain attitudes in types of epithet, attitudinal lexis and mental process. The writer tends to use words to describe
psychological condition of things, people or feeling that he talked about, proven by the application of the epithet. He also uses words that contains attitude.
Besides, he applies clauses with mental process in the texts such as ―love‖, ―don’t
like‖, etc. Another analysis of appraising items is engagement analysis. Here, this
part of analysis is just to find from whom the attitude comes from. Therefore,
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there are only two types of engagement analyzed here; monogloss or heterogloss. The table below is formed to encompass the whole engagement in the texts.
Table 4.9.3 Engagement in the texts Text
Engagement Monogloss
Heterogloss Text 1 Katy Perry 1
6 11
Text 2 Katy Perry 2 6
- Text 3 Leona Lewis 1
12 5
Text 4 Leona Lewis 2 10
9 Text 5 Miley Cyrus 1
15 1
Text 6 Miley Cyrus 2 8
4 Text 7 Chris Brown 1
16 11
Text 8 Chris Brown 2 9
11
Number 82 61.19
52 38.81
The sources of the attitudes are 61.19 from the writer himself, and 38.81 from others sources. Because these texts are information news text, so
these must have source to make them more objective. However, because these texts are also entertainment news texts gossip news, so it is possible to be
applied some attitudes or opinions by the writer. Gossip news texts in perezhilton.com which are represented by eight texts
in this research, often employs the writer’s own opinion. It can be seen from the table above that most of the opinions attitudes are monogloss. This means the
writer often expresses his own evaluations more than the evaluations given by others sources.
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In summary, perezhilton.com is a gossip column in the internet which exposes about Hollywood celebrities and famous public figure around the world.
The news is presented following the style of the writer, but it is composed mildly. The text will be positive if the writer likes the artists, on the contrary, it will be
negative if the writer detests the artists. The writer also takes some citations to support the facts.
b. How the appraising items applied in the texts
