A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Aceh Sharia Law Implementation Image In Online Newspaper

This research was conducted to investigate the representation of Aceh sharia law in CNN and BBC news and to find out the text structure used by CNN and BBC news in presenting Aceh sharia law. The data were taken from three CNN news articles and three BBC news articles. The data was analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis, especially Norman Fairclough’s Three-Dimensional Framework and Teun van Dijk’s Sociocognitive Model that focusing on microstructure level has been used to analyze the data. The researcher found out that CNN and BBC news generally represents Aceh sharia law implementation negatively. Moreover, the data reveal that was CNN and BBC news mostly took the opposite side on sharia law implementation issues in Aceh. All the blame was directed towards the conservative sharia law that implemented by the Aceh government. Nevertheless, this research discovers that CNN and BBC news use some particular words that portrayed Aceh Sharia Law negatively. Negative interpretation is also indicated by using some words such as “draconian”, “abusive”, “barbaric” and “harassment” to imply a negative evaluation of Aceh Sharia Law.