Open AccessDISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON TERRORISM-RELATED ARTICLES IN INDONESIAN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS
Author(s) -
Lale Fatma Yulia Ningsih
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
humanitatis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2477-2267
DOI - 10.30812/humanitatis.v6i2.765
Subject(s) - newspaper , terrorism , indonesian , ideology , democracy , political science , law enforcement , law , enforcement , media studies , sociology , political economy , politics , linguistics , philosophy
This paper examines the discursive construction of terrorism-related information conveyed on the Indonesian newspapers. The Jakarta Post, one of the most notable Indonesian English-language newspapers, have been covering terrorism related encounters in its editorial especially after the 2002 Bali bombing. This paper finds out the use of common definitions and terms as well as the discrepancies in the produced expression related to terrorism and extremism in the editorials the newspaper has published since 2014. It is found that the newspaper has symphatetically portrayed and supported the victims while it represented the perpetrators from their ideological perspectives and separating their ideologies from religious teaching practices in the country. Additionally, the newspaper identifies terrorism as threat to Indonesian democratic values and classifies terrorism as a serious issue endangering the country’s security and social stability. To the latter end, the newspaper suggested policy recommendation while at the same time criticizing the law enforcement for failures and in the end promoting secular values for the country in order to eradicate terrorism.