Microstructural Discourse Analysis of Ahok In The Jakarta Gubernatorial Election In 2017
Abstract
This study aims to determine the microstructural discourse analysis of Ahok written in
Jawa Pos in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election in 2017. This research applies Norman
Fairclough’s microstructural discourse analysis. The data is taken from the media
news of Jawa Pos in October 28 to December 30, 2016. The results of microstructural
discourse analysis showed that the most dominant diction used is religion blasphemy. The
construction of the cause and effect sentence put Ahok in the representation of positive and
negative position, as the political competition participants and the cause of the movement
action. Jawa Pos chose more neutral sources. In addition to giving the haters comments,
Jawa Pos gave comments to Ahok’s supporters.