The document outlines a study focusing on critical discourse analysis (CDA) of editorial texts in newspapers to understand language and power dynamics. It aims to analyze how discourse functions at macro, meso, and micro levels, using a local newspaper's editorial page as a research instrument. The study will explore the implications of language in representing social issues and injustices, aiming to provide insights for researchers, educators, and general readers.

1. EDITORIAL TEXTS IN
NEWSPAPER: A CRITICAL
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

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 To find out how media texts are
presented with the hope of formulating
a structured analysis of the text,
interpret their meanings and finding
out how discourse is implicated in the
media texts and be able to provide
explanation as to why and how
discourse works.

4. This study will seek how
text are analyzed,
interpreted and explained
and understand as well how
discourse is implicated.
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Specifically, it will seek to answer the
question:
How the various statements function
at each level of language?
 Macro
 Meso
 Micro

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The descriptive research methodology
will be applied to describe the analyzed
text from the written editorials on papers
based on the framework of the study. An
editorial page of a newspaper served as
the research instrument of the study.
Specifically, a local newspaper that
talked about factual events or social
issues will be the criteria.

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Critical Discourse
Analysis
Van Dijk’s Socio-
Cognitive
Approach (SCA)
Norman
Fairclough’s
Dialectal-
Relational
Approach (DRA)
Analysis and
Interpretation

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9. Researchers
Teachers and Students
General readers
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CDA is a tool use to analyze text which
takes a particular interest in the
relationship of language and power
within broader analysis of the social
processes.
One can discover how a social and
cultural issues affect society as a whole,
how social injustice is portrayed, and
how certain social groups may be
misrepresented in discourse.