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3. Why the attitudes are employed in the texts
The attitudes are used in the text to show the writer’s personal
opinions towards the issue of infotainment banning. The writer of the second text tends to be neutral in seeing the issue of infotainment banning.
He argues that infotainment program is bad since it does not respect othe
rs’ personal lives and it airs many bad sides of celebrities to be watched by many people, including children. He also states that
infotainment program should be banned since it blatantly airs anything not far from awkward personalities, sexual affairs, love triangles, divorce and
some rubbish and they are unsuitable for children who become a part of society who mostly watch television.
The ideology of the writer can be seen after finding the genre of the text. After analyzing the text, the researcher concludes that the genre of the
second text is analytical exposition. Analytical exposition is a text that elaborates the writer’s idea about the surrounding phenomenon. Its social
function is to persuade the readers that the idea is an important matter. Generic structure of analytical exposition:
1. Thesis
: Introducing the topic and indicating the writer’s position.
2. Arguments
: Explaining the arguments to support the writer’s position.
3. Reiteration
: Restating the writer’s position. To clarify the explanation above, the researcher gives an analysis as
follow:
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Text 2: Luna Maya and Infotainment
In this text, the writer delivers some arguments why infotainment should be banned. The writer talks about the negative sides of
infotainment program in Indonesia. He states from the beginning of the dispute between Luna Maya and infotainment reporter which causes the
issue of infotainment banning. However the writer states that the issue of the banning is too late to publish. It will be a little difficult to ban
infotainment program, because it has become daily habit in our lives. At the end of the paragraph, it can be known that the writer does not affirm
his position towards the issue of infotainment banning but he implicitly agrees that infotainment is not a valuable program to watch. The use of
attitude and the finding of text genre can help determine the ideology of the writer.
Generic structure
Sentences Thesis
Two TV programs that never allowed being on in my living room are Indonesian sinetron soap opera and infotainment. Webster’s
Dictionary defines infotainment as ―a television program that presents information as news in a manner intended to be
entertaining‖, while The Oxford Dictionary similarly says ―broadcast material which is intended both to entertain and to inform.‖
Arguments To entertain and to inform, this is the key phrase. Unfortunately,
Indonesian infotainment today has gone too far. It does not just intend to inform people about mainly celebrities on positive sides
which offers benefits to the public, but has become amateur detective industry, which investigates and intrudes deeply into
personal life. They have treated the celebrities unproportionally and do not respect the privacy, even impudently annoying relatives or
families who have nothing to do with their ―story‖. The worst thing is that most cases that infotainment exposes and blatantly airs through
television is not far from awkward personalities, sexual affairs, love
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triangles, divorce or some other rubbish from which we actually take no benefit at all.
If we know an actress does have affairs with an actor, so what? If we know an actor divorced with his wife, so what? If an actress or actor
feels like being intimate and walks closely with someone, so what? What is the benefit of knowing other people’s personal lives? We
may complain about infotainment but unfortunately there are some actresses and actors who too love being headline infotainment news.
These days we have the hot issue of actress Luna Maya. She was reported to police by infotainment journalists backed by PWI
— Indonesian Journalist Association who felt offended by her twitter
comments, which said infotainment journalists are worse than prostitutes and murderers. Luna became infuriated with the
journalists when she was hounded during a trip to the mall with Peterpan band front man Ariel and his daughter. When Luna was
surrounded by the journalists, Ariel’s daughter’s head was accidentally knocked by a journalist’s camera causing the child to cry
out. That incident was the reason for the ―tweets‖ that day. However, infotainment media has repeatedly exposed intimacy between Luna
and Ariel, and even published several gossip related pieces related to them.
Luna is lucky because this time she is not alone. She has support from the Press Council, Independent Journalist Alliance AJI, a
group of journalists who lambasted the infotainment program, and also the support of the public. Public support today is considered to
be a frightening voice. No one should belittle the public’s power, it has proven itself a very important tool in winning battles. We should
remember the publics support for the KPK deputies Bibit Chandra and for Prita Mulyasari against Omni international hospital,
Tangerang. The Muslim community has also reacted to the case. Chairman of
Nahdlatul Ulama NU Hasyim Muzadi declared infotainment programs haram forbidden under Islamic law because they contain
gossip, character assassinations and relishes in family breakups. The Indonesian Ulema Council MUI also echoed the same voice, so did
the Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali who asked the
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infotainment to be discontinued.
Reiteration The stance of both NU and MUI is good for society but it seems to be
a little too late. The decision should have been made a long time before infotainment became a daily staple in our family rooms. We
actually have so many other hazardous programs in television which have no educational value. Programs which contain magic,
superstitions, sadism, tacky teenager dating shows and a bunch of sinetron that show a lifestyle full of absurdities have to be reviewed
and kicked off our televisions. Who should be responsible for this? We don’t see any real actions taken by Information and
Communications Minister so far. Is the only dangerous thing for our society pornography?
We surely have concerns about television programs since television is the easiest, cheapest and most pervasive media that can reach our
families and children in our homes. Most parents cannot control every minute of what their children are watching on television, can
they? If we let such programs air on our TVs it is the same as letting rubbish scatter across
and pollute our homes. Such dirty ―pollution of the mind‖ is more dangerous than physical rubbish, because it
contaminates our mind, our children’s minds, and ultimately damages our nation’s mind.
From the explanation above, it is known that the second writer’s
ideology is right protagonist since he implicitly agrees with the prohibition of infotainment. He discusses one side of the issue by explaining why
infotainment should be banned it is a bad television program for children due to its uneducational content. Besides, the writers also affirm that it is
not only celebrities in gossip news who contaminate the country morality but also other television programs which have no educational value.
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
A. Conclusion
Based on the data analysis in the previous chapter, the conclusions can be drawn as follows:
1. Types and forms of attitude
There are three types of attitude employed in both texts, they are affect, judgement and appreciation. Affect deals with the feeling towards
something or someone. Judgement is the evaluation of human behaviors. Appreciation is the evaluation towards object or product refer to aesthetic
principles and other systems of social value. The first text Prohibition of Infotainment employs 33 appraising
items, consisting of 10 affects 30.30, 11 judgements 30.33 and 12 appreciations 30.37. Each of those attitudes can be divided into positive
and negative as follows:
Attitude Positive
Negative
Number
Percentage Affect
5 5
10 30.30
Judgement
6 5
11 30.33
Appreciation
10 2
12 30.37
Total 33
100
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