Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF MASS MEDIA ABUSES AS REFLECTED IN DELLILO’S WHITE NOISE
Author(s) -
Widya Hairunnisa,
Andi Inayah Soraya,
Irmawati Irmawati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu budaya
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2621-5101
pISSN - 2354-7294
DOI - 10.34050/jib.v8i1.8845
Subject(s) - mass media , structuralism (philosophy of science) , white (mutation) , sociology , consumerism , research method , psychology , media studies , advertising , epistemology , political science , law , philosophy , chemistry , business , business administration , biochemistry , gene
This research intends to elaborate the effect of mass media abuses through Dellilo’s White Noise. Therefore, the researchers analyzed how the effect of mass media abuses influence the character through the novel. In analyzing this research, the researchers used genetic structuralism approach as the grand theory and concept of mass media as the supporting theory. Moreover, the writer used qualitative method and descriptive analysis method in analyzing the data. The result of this research is the writers finds there are three effect of mass media abuses such as (1) consumerism, (2) drug abuses, and (3) violence.