Agustinus Dias Suparto
Petra Christian UniversityJl. Siwalankerto No.121-131, Siwalankerto, Wonocolo Surabaya

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Multiculturalism as Indonesian National Identity in Political Satirical Comic Strip on Instagram Agustinus Dias Suparto
Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/katakita.6.1.11-19

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The emergence of social media especially the popularity of Instagram has been used to facilitate people to share their thoughts in public discussion. Comic strip as a work of art which commonly aims as entertainment is also used to promote the value of the author in certain societal issues. Thus, comic strip such as KOSTUM or Komik Strip Untuk Umum (Comic Strip for Public) is using satirical jokes to share the idea of multiculturalism that has been challenged by people who use religious identity, ethnicity and political factions as the thing to differentiate others. Therefore, this paper will try to reveal how this comic strip promotes Indonesian national identity and how the author sees himself as the agent of multiculturalism. 
Transitivity Analysis on Framing in the Online News Articles Agustinus Dias Suparto
Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/katakita.6.1.20-27

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News is the way to let public know about certain occurrences around the world. In Indonesia, the case of Ahok which has been sentenced for two years has been an international phenomenon. There are two factions which are opposite two each other about the case. Thus, report which can be found in the news may have different perspectives, depending on the writers’ views. There are bias and framing which leads people on the writer’s perspective. This paper will try to analyze two news articles on Basuki Tjahaja Purnama’scase which are taken from antaranews.com and hrw.org using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). The data will be examined using transitivity analysis which can reveal the different perspectives of these two news articles by breaking down the sentences which shows the participants, process and circumstances involved. At the end of this paper, it shows how the difference in using of participants, process and circumstances creates different perspectives of the writer. 
The Battle of Truths: The Production of Meaning in Indonesian Political Memes Agustinus Dias Suparto
Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol 6, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Institute of Research and Community Outreach - Petra Christian University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.9744/katakita.6.1.28-35

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Memes have been used in the public discussion nowadays by the internet users and the emergence of social media especially Instagram has facilitates people to share their opinions. Thus, people are trying to influence each other using memes about the political tension which involves Basuki Tjahaja Purnama about his blasphemy case on Islamic verse in Al Quran and Habib Rizieq’s case. Therefore, in order to influence other using memes, several iconic figures are used to produce the meaning about the truths that are said by those figures in each faction. The using of news as the valid data to represent the reality is also used to be the truth that should be believed by the readers of the memes. Later, this paper will try to analyze using discursive approach on how memes use several features to convince the readers to believe that the meaning in the memes is the truth. Finally the memes from two political factions which are pro and cons about the cases are used to reveal the meaning production in memes.