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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.
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CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS
This chapter presents the findings in transitivity analysis and the discussion of findings regarding the newspaper ideology of The New York Times and The
Washington Times. The analysis of the clauses from the editorials of The New York Times and The Washington Times is presented based on each process and participant
type in transitivity analysis. The data analysis of this research deals with ideational meanings, so the analysis is conducted at the level of clause. The data of this research
is two editorials taken from two U.S. newspapers, those are The New York Times and The Washington Times. First, the data were segmented into clauses, then
transitivity analysis is conducted and the second, the ideology that underlies the choices of lexis in types of process and participant in both texts is analysed.
4.1 The Transitivity Analysis of The New York Times and The Washington Times’ Editorials
The researcher counted the entire clauses in both editorials. From the analysis, it was found that The New York Times editorial consists of 95 clauses and The
Washington Times’ editorial consists of 100 clauses. All of the clauses in both editorials are in the form of major clauses. Below are the details of types of process
found in The New York Times and The Washington Times editorials.
