5. Unit Analysis
Unit analysis is the characteristic of thing, person, or something that can be the center of attention and the target of research, and seen from
its attitude, its activity, its opinion, its view, or its process.
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Based on that definition, the unit analysis in this research is a movie which was directed
by Brad Anderson in 2013 entitle The Call and published by TriStar Pictures.
6. Time and Place of the Research
This research takes place in the main library of State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah, the library of Adab and Humanities
Faculty, National Library of Indonesia, and also the library of Indonesian University.
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Saifuddin Azwar, Metode Penelitian Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 1998, p. 35.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Previous Research
In this research, the writer is not the first researcher that used The Call
movie as the corpus. The research about The Call movie has been done before by Vira Mireta in 2015 in Multimedia Nusantara University
Jakarta in her thesis under title Representasi Kekerasan Simbolik terhadap Perempuan dalam Film “The Call” Analisis Semiotik Charles Sanders
Pierce . Using qualitative descriptive method, Mireta analyzes about the
symbolic violence against women in the film using Charles Sanders Peirce‟s semiotic theory. The result of this research is that there is a
symbolic representation of violence against the women with the torture and ill-treatment done by men which is symbolized by icons and sign
indexes. The similarity from this research is that the writer also uses The
Call as the corpus. However, in this research, the writer uses the different
theory with Vira Mireta. The writer uses the theory of Sigmund Freud‟s
personality structure to analyze Foster‟s character through his personality
problem, while Vira Mireta uses Charles Sanders Peirce‟s semiotic theory. Another researcher which has the similar theory with the writer is
Septian Hega Pratama in 2015 in State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. In his thesis under title Psychological Problem of the
Main Character in Mr. Brooks Movie; Psychoanalysis Approach , he
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