Journal of Pragmatics Research
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Journal of Pragmatics Research

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ideological Representations of Indonesia’s August 2025 Protests in Arabic Media

Syofyan, Najmi (Unknown)
Abshar, Ulil (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Feb 2026

Abstract

This study examines how three Arabic-language news organizations, namely Al Jazeera Arabic, Asharq Al-Awsat, and Okaz, report protests in Indonesia. The study uses Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) method to analyze news through the lens of social practices that reinforce ideology and power relations, rather than as an objective portrayal of reality. News collected from the official websites of each media outlet and analyzed at the textual, discourse, and social levels forms the research data. Qualitative linguistic analysis is used as the methodology in this study. The findings indicate that these media outlets have very different ideologies. By presenting the social grievances of the protesters and being careful not to criticize the state, Al Jazeera Arabic succeeds in providing a fairly diverse narrative. While Asharq Al-Awsat relies on official sources to highlight the themes of order and security, Okaz uses symbolic delegitimization to portray the protests as a threat to national stability. Studies like this reinforce the idea that the ideological leanings and political agendas of different Arab media influence how the public perceives political protests in Indonesia.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jopr

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Pragmatics Research, (JoPR), E-ISSN: 2656-8020, is published by State Insitute of Islamic Studies Salatiga, Indonesia. It is an International forum published every April and October and aimed at developing all aspects of scholarly theories and research on pragmatics, Pragma-linguistics, ...