CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON FERDY SAMBO DEATH SENTENCE NEWS ON TEMPO.CO

Abstract

This research is to reveal how Ferdy Sambo is represented and what ideology is behind the news related to the news about the death sentence of Ferdy Sambo published by online media Tempo.co. The methodology employed in the present research is qualitative, and the data validity uses triangulation. The discourse in the form of news articles analyzed in this study is three selected news about the death sentencing of Ferdy Saambo published by Tempo.co in February 2023. The news was investigated using Critical Discourse Analysis by Norman Fairclough and with the collaboration of Systemic Functional Grammar by Halliday. Critical Discourse by Norman Fairclough is described as having three-dimensions: micro level (description), meso level (interpretation), and macro level (explanation). At the micro level (description), the analysis focuses on textual practice to unmask the representation, relation, and identity. At the meso level (interpretation), the analysis focuses on discourse practice to unmask the text producer and the text production & consumption. At the macro level (explanation), the analysis focuses on socio-cultural practice to unmask what is the ideology behind. The Systemic Functional Grammar by Halliday focuses on transitivity analysis. In this case, grammar is seen as a resource for making meaning. This research reveals that (1) Tempo.co represents the defendant or Ferdy Sambo as a negative by depicting the most used process, which is the material process. The material process shows that he is a party who has taken real action on the murder case. (2) Based on the representations and relations of the parties that realized in the news text, the news is in a position to support the government. This news is an effort to support the government to raise justice for the victim. The news also impacts the negative stigma of certain parties (to the defendants who committing the murder). Therefore, Tempo.co tends to have a political ideology, namely conservatism. Additionally, Tempo.co is a platform that provides clear, transparent, and accountable news which aligns with the journalism code and ethics.