Framing Analysis of the Suspected Corruption Case of Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo

Abstract

Corruption is one of the deep-rooted problems in this country. One of the corruption cases that caught the public's attention and also received media attention was the corruption case of Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo or commonly known as SYL. SYL's corruption case was widely reported in various mass media, one of which was Detik.com. News is the result of media construction. The content of each news is determined by several factors such as media ideology, ownership factors, and individual factors from the news journalist. One method of analysis to see how the media constructs a news narrative can use news framing analysis. This research is descriptive qualitative research with a constructivist paradigm perspective. This study aims to analyze how Detik.com framed the news of SYL's suspected corruption case. The news used are 3 news articles that were posted at the time of SYL's alleged arrest (October 12-13, 2023). The framing analysis used is Robert N. Entman's framing model which has 4 main elements: 1. Problem identification, what the problem is framed as; 2. Diagnoses causes, causal logic related to the problem; 3. Make moral judgment, what moral values are highlighted by the media; and 4. Solution, what solutions are highlighted in the news frame. The results showed that Detik.com reported on SYL's corruption case which showed the firm action taken by the KPK for corruption cases in the Ministry of Agriculture. The total amount of corruption money of SYL and 2 other perpetrators KS and MH was reported 1 day after the day of being arrested and questioned. With this news, hopefully there will be no more corruption cases in the Ministry, or in other institutions.