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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
This research is a qualitative research which discusses about people‟s
evaluations delivered through words and language. According to Lexy J. Moleong 2007: 6, a qualitative research is a research that intends to understand
phenomena about what is experienced by subjects such as behavior, perception, motivation, action, etc. by describing something in the form of words and
language of a special natural context and by using various methods. Meanwhile, this research intends to comprehend about linguistics phenomena described in
special linguistics methods. It is also a descri
ptive research because “the collection of data is words, pictures, not numbers. Besides, the collection of data is likely to become a key to
what has been researched.” Moleong: 2007, p. 11. The data in this research are in the form of text which contain attitudes, and what is analyzed in this research is
those attitudes. As the approach, this research applies Systemic Functional Linguistics
SFL. The research analyzes some gossip news texts written by Perez Hilton which are realized by the appraising items or the attitudes.
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B. Research Location
Research location includes the settings of this research, actors or participants, and events, Spradley, 1980. The setting of this research is in the
form of media especially the gossip news texts. The participants are all celebrities including the writer, while the events are the gossips and news that arise on the
website, perezhilton.com.
C. Sampling
The technique that is employed in taking the sample is total sampling technique. It is because, the samples are all analyzed. According to Tatang M.
Amirin 2011, total sampling is the same as population study or census, that the samples are analyzed as a whole. All data embracing appraising items both
positive and negative will be analyzed here.
Sample of this research are taken from the short gossip news texts written by Perez Hilton which are taken from perezhilton.com. Those texts are as follows:
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“Russell Gets In Good with Katys Parentals” “Katy and Russell, Going Strong”
Those texts above are about a celebrity named Katy Perry. -
“Leona’s First Solo Show” “Leona Speaks Lewis Staying Positive despite Being Attacked”
Those texts above are about a celebrity named Leona Lewis. -
“Miley Has Bad Taste” “No Miley, not everyone knows who you are”
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“Glambert Out Beat-Her-Down In?” “Chris Brown Heckled By Woman In Public”
Those texts above are about a celebrity named Chris Brown.
The texts are categorized into four. They are four different celebrities. This is in order to observe clearly the writer‟s evaluation towards those four artists so
that those can be analyzed whether the writer is subjectively or objectively evaluate something or someone. The texts about Katy Perry, Leona Lewis, Miley
Cyrus and Chris Brown are chosen as the data because those artists represent Perez Hilton‟s evaluation towards other artists.
D. Data and Source of Data
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