Analysis of Critical Discourse on Online News Text About Taruna High School Students Become Victims of Violence
Keywords:
Critical Discourse, Macrostructure, Microstructure.Abstract
This research aims to determine the critical discourse analysis of the news about the death of Taruna high school students published by news.okezeone.com. All microstructural and macrostructural aspects were examined to produce news texts. This research used an online news entitled “Tewas saat MOS, Siswa SMA Taruna Palembang Dipukuli Pembina Pakai Bambu” published on July 16th, 2019 online. The results showed that news.okezone.com practiced diction selection, the use of broad sentences of causation, and the selection of sources in direct quotations to produce news texts. There is motivation in the production of the news text, namely that readers are led to provide a positive image on news.okezone.com as an active and existing media in voicing justice.
