Exclusion and Inclusion in The News Text of Tri Rismaharini (Critical Discourse Analysis: Surabaya's Suicide Bombing Case)

Dwi Nitisari, Hamzah A. Machmoed, Tadjuddin Maknun, Ikhwan M. Said

Abstract: The aims of this research are to find out (1) the discourse strategies used in the news text of Tri Rismaharini regarding suicide bombings in Surabaya, and to find out the ideology of Tri Rismaharini contained therein. The method used in this research is a qualitative method using Theo van Leeuweun discourse analysis model. This research shows that the news text of Tri Rismaharini in the suicide bombing case in Surabaya (1) contains discourse strategies namely: exclusion (passivation and nominalization), inclusion (specifications, assimilation, association-disassociation, indetermination-differentiation, functionalization-identification, personalization-impersonalization, and over determination), language style (paradox, repetition, and assonance), and (2) The ideology of Tri Rismaharini which contained in the news is the ideology of humanity.

Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Ideology, news text, Tri Rismaharini