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B. Problem Statements
Based on the research background, some questions are formulated as follows:
1. How is the status realized in the news text in “The Jakarta Post and
London Eve ning Standard” newspaper?
2. How is the affect realized in the news text in “The Jakarta Post and
London Evening Standard” newspaper? 3.
How is the contact realized in the news text in “The Jakarta Post and London Evening Standard” newspaper?
4. What are the similarities and differences of the news text in “The
Jakarta Post and London Evening Standard” newspaper?
C. Research Limitation
The research only focuses on the news texts concerning smoking ban news taken from the online newspapers and published on The Jakarta Post in March
30
th
, 2010 and London Evening Standard in October 27
th
, 2003. This research is aimed to know the reaction of the newspapers writer and
public toward the smoking ban in public places between Jakarta in The Jakarta Post newspaper and London in London Evening Standard newspaper. The
research applies theory of SFL, specifically in the tenor analysis. It limits to discover the similarities and differences of three elements of tenor; they are status,
affect and contact of both texts through analyzing lexicogrammar, cohesion and genre.
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D. Research Objectives
The goal of the research is to know how the tenor of news texts published on the Jakarta Post and London Evening Standard Newspaper concerning the
smoking ban in public places. In more detail, these research objectives are: 1.
To describe the status realized in the news text in both newspapers. 2.
To describe the affect realized in the news text in both newspapers. 3.
To describe the contact realized in the news text in both newspapers. 4.
To discover the similarities and differences of the news text in both newspapers.
E. Research Significance
The research is significant for the researcher to describe and determine the tenor of texts of news column of The Jakarta Post and London Evening Standard
Newspaper dealing with smoking ban in public places in Indonesia and London. The description includes many aspects from which the tenor of the text can be
seen through lexico-grammar system, cohesion and genre.
F. Research Benefits
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