Representation of Social Actors of The Press Statement of The President of Indonesia in The Issue of Covid-19 Pandemic

Authors

  • Suswanto Ismadi Megah Universitas Riau Kepulauan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32585/.v2i1.660

Abstract

This research was aimed to identify the social actors represented in the press statement of the President of Indonesia in the issue of covid-19 pandemic using two analytical models of Halliday's  transitivity  model  (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2004) and Van  Leeuwen’s (1996)  framework  applied to analyze the clauses were counted and analyzed critically through public discursive models. The research data were obtained from two news published by Setkab.go,id  (Secretary of cabinets).. The results showed show the positive portrayal or inclination of the press statement towards one social actor and it also portrays the ideology or stance of the president shown inclination towards as  a current ruler of government at time of data collection and his influence on Setkab.go.id. he showed that actor in material process represented in the role allocation of government was aimed to show the action of the Indonesian President toward the issue of the covid-19 pandemics.

Keywords: social actors, Transitivity and President’s Press Statement

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Published

2020-07-01

How to Cite

Megah, S. I. (2020). Representation of Social Actors of The Press Statement of The President of Indonesia in The Issue of Covid-19 Pandemic. International Journal of English Linguistics, Literature, and Education (IJELLE), 2(1), 79–89. https://doi.org/10.32585/.v2i1.660

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020)

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