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Reading images or visual grammar is a framework that focuses on the structures or „grammar‟ of visual design – colors perspective, framing and composition. Gunther Kress
and Theo van Leeuwen, 2006
1.7 Organization of the Paper
The paper of this research will be organized into five chapters as follows:
The first chapter: Introduction This chapter is the introduction which contains background of the study, which relates to
the comics, research questions, aims of the study, scope of the study, significance of the study, clarification of the terms, and organization of the paper.
The second chapter: Theoretical Framework
It consists of theoretical framework that provides literature review that is used to investigate the research problems.
The third chapter: Research Methodology
This section contains the research methodology, discussing the steps and procedures of the study, and the data resources in conducting the study.
The fourth chapter: Findings and Discussion
This chapter provides findings and discussion which is containing the result of the study after conducting the research.
The fifth chapter: Conclusions and Suggestions
SANI SATYA PRATIWI, 2013 Women’s Portrayals in the Comic Books
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This last chapter contains the researcher‟s interpretation toward the result of the research
findings in a form of conclusion and suggestion.
SANI SATYA PRATIWI, 2013 Women’s Portrayals in the Comic Books
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the procedures and steps in conducting the study. It consists of research problem, research method, data collection, data analysis and
data presentation.
3.1 Research Problem
This study is geared toward answering the following research questions: 1
How are heroines and their alter egos portrayed in American superhero comic books published by DC Comics and Marvel in year 2012?
2 What does the portrayal signify?
3.2 Research Method
As what has been stated in the previous chapter, this study is a qualitative descriptive study. It employs a qualitative descriptive method and textual analysis
since the data are in the form of images and verbal text, which are rich descriptions and context to be explored.
In answering the research questions, there are several frameworks used. To analyze the images in the comics, Kress and Van Leeuwen‟s theory on reading
images 2006 has been applied as the main framework, along with Van Domelen‟s visual analysis coding sheet 1998.
