METROTV’S PORTRAYAL ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GANJAR PRANOWO: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

Abstract

This thesis explains how a news construction approach was used by the online publication MetroTV News to provide information on Ganjar Pranowo, leading to unfavorable reader views. Documentation is the research methodology employed. Data were gathered as part of the documentation process by copying and capturing articles news about Ganjar Pranowo in the web publications www.metrotvnews.com and @metrotv (Instagram) for use as research materials. The data collection took place during a defined time frame, beginning in May and ending in June 2023. The research employed a theoretical and methodological approach from van Dijk’s CDA. Van Dijk's ideological square, a component of his sociocognitive approach to CDA is used as the analytical framework in this study to analyze how Ganjar Pranowo has been depicted on MetroTV’s news report. van Dijk's ideological square framework is used to unpack the discourse structure constructed by MetroTV. The findings show that, using two of discourse structures: lexical items and implications, Ganjar Pranowo has been portrayed in negative tones in news reporting.