Abstract
Mainstream narratives on Indonesia's military operation in West Papua describe it to help the conflicting region achieve peace and prosperity. This hegemonic and widely held public opinion is more often used to justify the behavior of the Indonesian Government in West Papua. This research aims to offer an alternative perspective on the matter by looking at the narrative promoted and written by Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC) on their news reports about the Nduga Conflict in 2018-2019 from their website: freewestpapua.org. Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis examines the discourse created from the news coverage within the three-dimensional analysis, namely the textual, the discourse practices, and sociocultural dimensions. Results show that FWPC depicts Indonesia's military as exploiters of the indigenous Papuans. At the same time, FWPC also tries to build a sense of belonging to gain support from the international society and online activists.
Highlights
Mainstream narratives on Indonesia's military operation in West Papua describe it to help the conflicting region achieve peace and prosperity
widely held public opinion is more often used to justify the behavior of the Indonesian Government in West Papua
This research aims to offer an alternative perspective on the matter
Summary
Teks Greatly concerned, Clarify, Peaceful movement, Respect civilians, Political and diplomatic level, Peaceful democratic solution, Reporting, Peaceful demonstrators. Papuans, Shooting West Papuans, Shotting, Brutal crackdown, Heavily armed operations, Killing, Detaining, Torturing, Track West Papuan Guerilla, Illegal use of chemical weapons against civilians, Denying TNI has targeting civilians , Said it had provided protection, Bombing, Military Raid, Attacked, Military Offensive in response, Dropped seven explosives, Fire caliber machine guns at various targets, Excluded from the rescue team, Attacked village, Intimidating villagers, Threatening to kill villagers, Ordered , Forcing indigenous villagers to cut long hair and dread locks, Not able to evacuate, Shot dead by military members, Opened fire at villagers, Attempting execution, Execute villagers as act of revenge, Released multiple shot, Government security forces, Launched operation to capture those responsible in the killings, Restoring security, Protecting citizens and displaced people, Feared by West Papuans, Provide security while working on construction project, Add the climate of fear.
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