Discourse Analysis of Van Dijk on Online News Text of Reynhard Sinaga Case on CNN Indonesia News
Keywords:
Online News, Reynhard Sinaga, CNN Indonesia.Abstract
In early 2020, the world was shocked by the case of Reynhard Sinaga, an
Indonesian citizen who had committed a crime that earned him the nickname of
the biggest sex predator in British history. This study examines the critical
discourse analysis proposed by Van Dijk. The data is taken from online news texts
reported by CNN Indonesia with a focus on the Reynhard Sinaga case. The data
is taken as many as six news stories with different headlines. The results of the
study found that CNN Indonesia in reporting news is informative and factual
without taking sides with any party. Five of the six news stories have the same
topic. News writing tends to use a deductive pattern, namely from general to
specific descriptions.
