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“Tough questions about immigration reform” published on July 3, 2013, which are conducted in transitivity analysis. While for the analysis of ideology in which those
types of process and participant construct, the researcher uses Fairclough’s framework for CDA, which is experiential values on the stage of description of the
text, where the method of analysing the ideology on types of process and participant is described.
3.3 Source of Data
The data of this research were taken from The New York Times’ editorial entitled “Deportees, Then and Now” published on September 7, 2013. This editorial
was downloaded from one of the newspaper’s website pages. The online address of this editorial page is: http:www.nytimes.com20130908opinionsundaydeportees-
then-and-now.html. And the other ones were taken from The Washington Times’ editorial entitled “Tough questions about immigration reform” published on July 3,
2013. This editorial was downloaded from the newspaper’s website page: http:www.washingtontimes.comnews2013jul3tough-questions-about-
immigration-reform.
3.4 Method of Data Collection
The steps used in collecting the data of the study are as follows: 1. Searching politic editorials on the internet.
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2. Choosing two editorials from two newspapers in the U.S., one is known as conservative and the other is known as liberal.
3. Downloading the editorials from the websites of both newspapers.
3.5 Method of Data Analysis
After the data were collected, they were analyzed. The steps used in analyzing the data are as follows:
1. Reading both editorials of The New York Times and The Washington Times thoroughly.
2. Segmenting into clauses and conducting transitivity analysis. 3. Investigating the pattern of transitivity, especially the types of process and
participant that build up the construction of power and ideology based on one of Fairclough’s framework for CDA known as experiential values on the stage of
description of the text which is conducted on types of process and participant. 4. Making a comparison between power and ideology of The New York Times and
The Washington Times. 5. Drawing conclusion.
