A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NEWS REPORTS ON COVID 19 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CHINA DAILY

Nindi, Marfiani (2024) A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NEWS REPORTS ON COVID 19 IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CHINA DAILY. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Critical discourse analysis is a form of discourse analysis research that primarily examines how abuses of social power, domination, and inequality are coerced, reproduced, and denied through texts and language in social and political contexts. This thesis present Critical Discourse Analysis especially in text structure of two articles about Covid 19 issue on The New York Times and China Daily online newspapers. The method of this research is qualitative by using the descriptive analysis technique. The compiled data will be analyzed by using the concept of Van Dijk‟s discourse analysis concept. The writer analyzes discourse structure of two news articles on presenting the texts about the Covid 19 in The New York Times and China Daily. Moreover, the writer studies the differences elements of the discourse constuction in both articles. From the analysis, the writer knows that every article has its own style and word in presenting the discourse text based on the writer. In both articles, The New York Times and China Daily presents all elements of Van Dijk‟s discourse analysis concept of text structure including macro structure, super structure, and micro structure. In conclusion, the research shows that each newspaper has different styles in presenting the text. The New York on The New York Times perspective in the schematization elements perspective. China Daily on China Daily perspective in the schematization elements perspective. The result shows that CDA can explore the relationship between language and ideology. Through the language used, it can be known the strength of power and the speaker, which the power is strongly felt and the ideology is clearly seen as well as understandable. Keyword: Critical Discourse Analysis, Covid 19, The New York Times, China Daily

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