Abstract
The aim of this paper is to present a critical discourse approach to compare two articles about unofficial quick count results of Jakarta Governor Election in The Guardian and The Times. Firstly, I will begin with the background analysis of why this issue is investigated and then I will explain how The Guardian and The Times represent social actors, social actions and visual representation of the social actors in their articles. Finally, I will discuss the content evaluation of these articles and end it with a conclusion. It can be concluded that both The Guardian and The Times use similar representational strategy to represent the main social actors. In their articles, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama is more activated and more prioritised despite being overtly described as a minority.
Highlights
Jakarta Governor Election in Indonesia has been controversial this year because one of the candidates Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the current governor, is on trial for blaspheming against Islam
The unofficial quick count results on 19 April 2017 suggested that Basuki Tjahaja Purnama lost the election over a Muslim candidate, Anies Baswedan
This paper looks at two British newspaper -The Guardian and The Times- in terms of howthese two newspaper represent social actors, social actions and visual representation of the social actors in their articles The lexical choice used in the headlines and in the content of the news as well as the visual elements added could reveal the communicative aims on how these social actors and their actions are represented by The Guardian and The Times.The analysis will be carried out by referring to the work of Leeuwen (1996)
Summary
Jakarta Governor Election in Indonesia has been controversial this year because one of the candidates Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the current governor, is on trial for blaspheming against Islam. He made a joke using a verse from the Qur’an which is Al Maidah 51 during his campaign where he said that voters should not believe Islamic leaders who claim that this verse forbids Muslims to choose non-Muslim leaders. The unofficial quick count results on 19 April 2017 suggested that Basuki Tjahaja Purnama lost the election over a Muslim candidate, Anies Baswedan. This unofficial result was published in both national and international media in different manners
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