Representation of Indonesia's Judiciary of Ahok's Blasphemy Verdict in The New York Times Article "'Rot at the Core': Blasphemy Verdict in Indonesia Dismays Legal Experts"

This paper comprises the analysis of the representation of Indonesia's judiciary through Ahok's blasphemy verdict in The New York Times article entitled "'Rot at the Core': Blasphemy Verdict in Indonesia Dismays Legal Experts". The research belongs to Critical Discourse...

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Published in:	Kata (Surabaya) Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 68 - 74
Main Authors:	Nurhaliza, Hasna, Tanto, Trisnowati
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Surabaya Petra Christian University, English Department 01-12-2019
Subjects:	Basuki Purnama Blasphemy Criminal sentences Critical discourse analysis Discourse analysis Inequality Islam Judiciary Muslims Obscenities Political discourse Political factors Stylistics Indonesia
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Summary:	This paper comprises the analysis of the representation of Indonesia's judiciary through Ahok's blasphemy verdict in The New York Times article entitled "'Rot at the Core': Blasphemy Verdict in Indonesia Dismays Legal Experts". The research belongs to Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), which van Dijk (2015) descnbes as a study of how social-power abuse and inequality are conveyed, reproduced, legitimated, and resisted by text and talk in the social and political context (p. 466). The analysis will focus on the micro-level analysis which covers three aspects of analysis, namely macrostructures, microstructures, and superstructures. This paper uses a qualitative descriptive method, which requires the analyst to observe and describe the data in order to show the representation. Throughout the analysis, it is shown that Indonesia's judiciary is represented negatively in the news article.
ISSN:	1411-2639 2302-6294
DOI:	10.9744/kata.21.2.68-74