Attitudinal Analysis of News Article Framing About Immoral Case of Reynhard Sinaga On Kompas.com

Abstract

The name of Reynhard Sinaga became the center of attention for the media in early 2020, including the online media Kompas.com. The case of Reynhard Sinaga became important due to the factor of harassment cases with many victims and supported by Reynhard Sinaga's sexual orientation which was not in accordance with the eastern culture of Indonesia. This research will investigate how the appraisal element, especially judgment in the framing of Reynhard Sinaga's news on the online media Kompas.com that was written by female and male journalist. This type of research is descriptive qualitative with data analysis using appraisal theory. In this study, two news text from Kompas.com were selected to be sampled, during the reporting period from January to April 2020. The method of providing data used in this research is the content analysis method or document analysis. The research result shows that female and male journalist gives negative framing to the immoral case of Reynhard Sinaga.