Examining Social Actors in Investment Fraud News: A Transitivity and Appraisal Analysis

Theory and Practice in Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI:10.17507/tpls.1407.23

Eny Maulita Purnama Sari, R. Santosa, D. Djatmika, T. Wiratno

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This study examined media-framed investment fraud issues through critical discourse analysis (CDA) by Fairclough (1995). It analyzed the impact of context on text, employing van Dijk's (2009) theory of news discourse and van Leeuwen's (2008) framework for social actors (SAs) in investment fraud news, they were the affiliate (AF), the investor (IF), and the police (PL). Transitivity analysis (TA) was used to assess power relationships, while the appraisal system (AS) was used to identify SA’s attitudes. Framing served various purposes, enhancing salience in news contexts. In investment fraud news, the AF was portrayed as a target with immoral attitudes, the IF as un/fortunate behavers, and the PL as trustworthy sayers. The data obtained from Indonesian online media during the investment fraud reports were analyzed. The study utilized systemic functional linguistics (SFL) within CDA, integrating transitivity analysis for power relations and the appraisal system for attitude analysis of each social actor. The results demonstrated how the social actors shape the construction of social and economic values, influencing the public perceptions and beliefs of the business investment.

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研究投资欺诈新闻中的社会行为者：易变性和评价分析

本研究通过费尔克拉夫（Fairclough，1995 年）的批判性话语分析（CDA）研究了媒体报道的投资欺诈问题。研究分析了语境对文本的影响，采用了 van Dijk（2009 年）的新闻话语理论和 van Leeuwen（2008 年）的投资欺诈新闻中的社会行动者（SAs）框架，即关联方（AF）、投资者（IF）和警方（PL）。Transitivity analysis (TA) 用于评估权力关系，而 appraisal system (AS) 则用于确定 SA 的态度。框架设计有多种目的，可提高新闻背景下的显著性。在投资欺诈新闻中，AF 被描绘成具有不道德态度的目标，IF 被描绘成行为不端/不幸的人，而 PL 则被描绘成值得信赖的言论者。研究分析了投资欺诈报道期间从印尼网络媒体获得的数据。该研究在 CDA 中使用了系统功能语言学（SFL），整合了用于分析权力关系的转换性分析和用于分析每个社会行动者态度的评价系统。研究结果表明了社会行动者如何塑造社会和经济价值观，影响公众对商业投资的看法和信念。

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