7
Meike Tri Yurinda, 2013 THE DISCURSIVE IDENTITY OF THE JAKARTA POST ON THE FUEL ISSUE OF INDONESIA 2012 IN THE
SELECTED EDITORIALS Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
| repository.upi.edu
| perpustakaan.upi.edu
1.7 Key Terms
- Discourse is viewed as a form of social practice framed by particular
discursive event and the situation, institution and social structure. Fairclough Wodak, 1997, cited in Wodak Meyer, 2009
- Mass media is largely seen as the fourth pillar of a modern democratic
country. Joshi : 2000 -
Editorials are public, mass communicated types of opinion discourse par excellence. Van Dijk : 1996
- Discursive identity is a way of being of
an author or involved participant constructed in the discourse and text. It can be identified by the analysis of modality and evaluation presented in
the text and discourse. -
Ideology is representation of aspects of the world which can be shown to contribute to establishing, maintaining and changing social relations of
power, domination and exploitation. Fairclough : 2003 -
Fuel issue is related to the plan of raising fuel price in April 2012 by Indonesian government, but the House and government decided not to
raise fuel price in six months. There were pros and cons of the plan, as well as, of the decision. The present study identifies this phenomenon as a
social issue.
1.8 Organization of the Paper
8
Meike Tri Yurinda, 2013 THE DISCURSIVE IDENTITY OF THE JAKARTA POST ON THE FUEL ISSUE OF INDONESIA 2012 IN THE
SELECTED EDITORIALS Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
| repository.upi.edu
| perpustakaan.upi.edu
The paper is organized into five chapters. Chapter I Introduction focuses on presenting general introduction of presented study. It consists of the background,
research questions, and aims of the study, significance of the study and scope of the study. It also provides how the study is conducted, the list of key terms and
organization of the paper. Chapter II Theoretical Foundations discusses the concepts of discourse,
Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis, Fairclough’s approach to CDA,
media discourse and editorial, the discursive construction of identity, polarity and modality, evaluation, ideology, and the previous research related to the study.
Research Methodology is presented in chapter III explaining how the study is conducted. It describes the focus of the study realized by the formulation
of problem. In addition, it presents the explanation of research design, data collection and data analysis employed in this study.
Then, Findings and Discussions will be provided in chapter IV. It provides the data obtained from the study, as well as the analysis of the data.
The last chapter presents the conclusions from the present study. It also offers the writer’s suggestions for further research.
1.9 Concluding Remark
Brief explanation of this study has been highlighted in this chapter. It has presented the background, research questions, and aims of the study, significance
of the study and scope of the study. Besides, it also has presented how the study is conducted, the list of key terms and organization of the paper.
28
Meike Tri Yurinda, 2013 THE DISCURSIVE IDENTITY OF THE JAKARTA POST ON THE FUEL ISSUE OF INDONESIA 2012 IN THE
SELECTED EDITORIALS Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
| repository.upi.edu
| perpustakaan.upi.edu
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
