Buletin Al-Turas
Vol. 32 No. 2 (2026): Buletin Al-Turas

van Dijk's CDA on Reporting Sexual Violence in BBC News Indonesia Online Media

Lina Putriyanti (PGRI University Semarang)
Arri Handayani (PGRI University Semarang)
Sri Suciati (PGRI University Semarang)
Dini Rakhmawati (PGRI University Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Oct 2026

Abstract

Purpose The research aims to analyze the text structure using the van Dijk scheme found in the news about sexual violence in educational institutions in the online media BBC News Indonesia with two different titles.             Method This research approach is qualitative, using Teun A. van Dijk's critical discourse analysis method. The research data consists of excerpts from articles on sexual violence occurring in higher education institutions, sourced from the online media BBC News Indonesia. The researcher used a listening and note-taking technique to collect data for further analysis based on Teun A. van Dijk's scheme. Results/findings Two articles published by BBC News Indonesia have a macrostructure that has attracted public attention, namely sexual violence in higher education. The superstructure consists of an opening section with an attention-grabbing sentence, a body section containing various reactions from victims, advocates, and law enforcement officials, and a closing section reaffirming the psychological impact on victims. Microstructures are found to be three-dimensional, namely, semantic (setting, detail, intensity, presupposition, and denial), stylistic (sentence form, coherence, and pronouns), and rhetorical (graphic and metaphorical). Conclusion                      The reporting of sexual violence that occurred in higher education in the two articles published by the online media BBC News Indonesia has a macro structure, superstructure, and microstructure according to Teun A van Dijk's model.

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Journal Info

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al-turats

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Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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JOURNAL BULETIN ALTURAS (ISSN 0853-1692; E-ISSN: 2579-5848) is open access journal that is published by Faculty of Adab and Humanities, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta. It serves to disseminate research and practical articles that relating to the current issues on the study of history, literature, ...