Appraisal and Ideology Realization in Indonesia State Capital Relocation News Texts

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Faizal Risdianto   1, 2
 
• Sumarlam Sumarlam  1
 
• Djatmika Djatmika  1
 
• Tri Wiratno  1

1 Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia

2 Universitas Islam Negeri Salatiga, Indonesia

 10.22034/ijscl.2024.2022445.3381

Abstract

This study analyzes the language employed by Kompas, Republika, Media Indonesia, and Jawa Pos regarding the relocation of Indonesia’s capital city, focusing on attitude, graduation, and engagement. Eight online texts were analyzed using discourse analysis. This paper used systemic functional linguistics as a tool to analyze the texts. The findings revealed a predominance of positive attitude data (67.2% positive, 32.8% negative), predominantly heterogloss in engagement (91.8% heterogloss, 8.2% monogloss), and a majority of raising/sharpening graduation data (75.1% raising/sharpening, 24.9% lowering/softening). This disparity between positive and negative appraisal data signifies significant and contentious issues the government, community leaders, and the general public face concerning the capital city’s relocation. The results of news outlets analysis demonstrated how ideological orientations shape the construction of social and political values, influencing public beliefs and perceptions of the capital relocation project in Indonesia.

Keywords

• Appraisal
 
• News text
 
• Systemic functional linguistics
 
• Social values
 
• Political values