xv of interaction between cultural norms values and believes of someone in viewing
language as a social phenomena in society Ibid : 37. The ideology can not be separated from the genre of the text. Genre is a type of text doing something as a result of a
particular process. In every genre there is a different social function and different Generic Structure Potential GSP. GSP is realized through the context of situation register
involving Field, Tenor, and Mode.
B. Problem Statement
Based on the research background, some problem statements are formulated as follows: 1.
What are the registers in the editorial of The New York Times and the Arab News newspaper?
2. What are the genres in the editorial of both newspapers?
3. What are the ideologies in the editorials?
C. Research Limitation
The researcher was limited on the editorial discussing the tragedy of Tsunami published on the New York Times newspaper in January, 8
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2005 and the Arab News newspaper in January, 9
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2005. As this research was aimed to know the reaction of the newspaper’s editor toward
the tragedy of Tsunami, the researcher applied theory of SFL to reveal the explicit and implicit message through analyzing genre, register, and lexicogrammar of the texts.
D. Research Objectives
xvi The research goal is to know how the ideology and genre of editorial published on
The New York Times and The Arab News exposing the tragedy of Tsunami. In more detail, these research objectives are:
1. To describe the registers of the articles in the editorial
2. To describe the genres of the articles in the editorial
3. To describe the ideologies of the texts in the editorial columns.
E. Research Significance
This research is significant for the researcher to find some values in the way in which the writer expresses his mind or his opinion facing the tragedy of tsunami case
based on reporter’s ideology. Besides, by knowing the ideology of two different media helps the journalist to
manage the news.
F. Research Methodology
The researcher used the descriptive-Qualitative Method. It is to describe how the writer presents hisher arguments in the article on world issue. The research employed the
method such as collecting data, analyzing data and drawing conclusion. The source of the data of this research was the article on the editorial concerning
the tragedy of Tsunami published on The New York Times in January, 8
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2005 edition and The Arab News in January, 9
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2005 edition.
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G. Thesis Organization
