Identities A critical discourse analysis on The Jakarta Post text
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many years
fusing with
Indonesia, does
not change life.
Identification with Indonesian citizen
In Papua
citizen congress
yesterday, decided that
Papua released
from Indonesia. Although
it was
not advocated
by all
Papua citizens, the
governm ent and
Indonesia citizen shou ld
pay attention
to the
decision. In
order that does not happen like Timor Timur, it is the
time for
us to
pay attention
to Papua
T h e se n te n c es ab o v e sh o w h o w th e jo u rn a list id e n tifies h im h e r se lf in th e
cen tre o f v a rio u s so c ial fac to rs w h ich is m ix ed u p w ith . T h e first se n te n c e, th e jo u rn a list id e n tifies h im h er se lf as P a p u a c itiz e n ry
w h o h as liv e d in su ffe r fo r a lo n g tim e a n d w an ts to b e fre e fro m In d o n e sia . In th e co n tra ry, th e sec o n d s e n ten c e, th e jo u rn alist id en tifie s h im h e r se lf a s p a rt o f
In d o n e sia n , ev en th o u gh , a w a re
w ith th e
su ffe rin g w h ich
is ex p erien c ed
b y P a p u a
c itiz e n ry. T h e se co n d n e w s te x t w an ts th a t erro r ca n b e rep a ire d . T h e id e n tity w ill d e te rm in e h o w a tex t w ill b e m ad e, h o w th e
q u estio n is su b m itte d to re so u rc e p e rso n
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an d h o w th e m a teria ls a re w ritte n in to n e w s te x t.
T h e id e n tity is n o t o n ly a g g lu tin a ted an d re la ted to jo u rn alist, b u t a lso h o w th e p u b lic p artic ip a n t id en tified a n d h o w th e p u b lic id e n tifie d .
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A c c o rd in g to F a irc lo u g h , th e q u e stio n w h ic h is s u b m itte d to re so u rc e p e rso n is d e te r m in e d b y h o w jo u rn a list id e n tifie s h im h e r s elf a n d h o w reso u rc e p e rso n is id e n tifie d b y jo u rn a list.
G e n e ra lly if h e sh e is d isa g re e , th e q u e stio n w h ic h is m a d e a n d s u b m itte d w ill b e in v a lu a tio n fo r m , th e n a sk e d
th e a n s w e r to th e re so u rc e p e rso n .
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C H A PT E R III R E S E A R C H FIN D IN G S A N D D A T A A N A L Y SIS
A . R esearch Su bject
U p o n th in k in g o f so m a n y k in d s o f te x ts, th e res ea rch fo c u ses o n th e Ja k arta P o st tex t. T h e te x t w h ic h is se lec ted p u rp o siv ely as m a n y a s tw o te x ts. It en a b le s th e
w rite r to ga in a w e ll to d o d a ta . T h o se are:
N o. T itle
E d ition
1 . C h in ese N e w Y ea r
E u p h o ria an d P o litica l T ra u m a
Ja n u ary 2 4 , 2 0 0 4 2 .
F ittin g In Ja n u ary 2 3 , 2 0 0 8
B . R esearch R esu lt