| Title: REPRESENTATION OF SOCIAL ACTORS IN THE CASE OF TEACHER BULLYING IN CENTRAL MALUKU BY DETIK.COM AND TRIBUN AMBON |
| Authors: Santuso Santuso and Sukarno Sukarno, Indonesia |
| Mass media represents the image of individuals or groups in either a positive or negative light, depending on the media’s perspective. This research aims to describe, interpret, and uncover the representation of social actors in the case of teacher bullying in Central Maluku, including student and teacher perpetrators, bullied teachers, school principals, and local education authorities. This study employs critical qualitative descriptive research. The research data consist of diction, sentences, and metaphors representing social actors in the bullying case. Data sources are news articles from Detik.com and Tribun Ambon, with four articles selected from each published in August-September 2023. The data is analyzed using Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis theory. The results indicate that in textual analysis, Tribun Ambon tends to represent each social actor more positively compared to Detik.com. In the dimension of discursive practice, Detik.com relies on a single information source, resulting in unbalanced news reporting, while Tribun Ambon selects multiple sources, leading to more balanced reporting. In the socio-cultural practice dimension, it is evident that the reporting of bullying events is influenced by situational, institutional, and social contexts. |
| Keywords: Bullying; Critical Discourse Analysis; Norman Fairclough; Mass Media; Teacher. |
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.59009/ijlllc.2024.0053 |
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