Santoso, B. Wahyudi Joko (2022) SOCIAL ACTOR REPRESENTATION OF MOCHAMAD IRIAWAN IN REPUBLIKA.CO.ID AFTER HIS INAUGURATION AS THE GOVERNOR OF WEST JAVA, INDONESIA. Linguistik Indonesia, 40 (2). pp. 245-275. ISSN 2580-2429

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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the representation of social actors in the news of the inauguration of West Java Governor in 2018 under the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) using Theo van Leeuwen’s (2008) model. We observed the representation of social actors from the news in the online media, Republika.co.id, in 3 days from 18, 19 to 20 June 2018. Iriawan's inauguration caused a polemic in the community because his inauguration was considered invalid since he was still an active Regional Police Chief in Jakarta. We collected the data by using observation method. The data was obtained by copy-pasting technique from Republika.co.id. The researchers analysed the data by describing, interpreting, and explaining the data. We described the words and sentences used to represent social actors, interpreted them following the discourse theories, and explained the interpretation in sociocultural practice. The findings show that the pro-government actors deem Iriawan's inauguration as compliant to the applicable law regulated under the government’s authority, hence it was not considered as law violation. On the other hand, the anti-government social actors considered that the inauguration was unconstitutional, manipulative, non-democratic, deceptive, unnecessary, counterproductive etc. The clashes of representation might have happened due to differences in ideology (nationalism versus Islamism) as well as the political interests prior to the 2019 presidential election. Thus, the findings prove that the use of language (discourse), ideology, and power are interconnected.

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