@thesis{thesis, author={MOCHAMMAD INDRIO NUGROHO}, title ={PEMAKNAAN KARIKATUR COVER MAJALAH GATRA “AWAS! BISA OLENG” (Studi Semiotika Pemaknaan Karikatur Cover Majalah Gatra “Awas! Bisa Oleng” No. 50 Tahun XVII Edisi 20-26 Oktober 2011)}, year={2012}, url={http://eprints.upnjatim.ac.id/5137/}, abstract={The study was based on the image on the cover of Gatra. On the magazine cover looks small wooden boat overloaded due to be loaded by fourteen people inside crashing ocean waves big enough. Caricature drawings contained in the magazine's cover carried reshufflle associated with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the United Indonesia Cabinet by adding thirteen new deputy minister. The addition is believed to improve government performance and bring better governance in the future. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive semiotic approach. In this study using the theory of Charles Sanders Pierce. Data were analyzed using an approach that divides the concept of Pierce signs the sign into three categories, namely icons, indices, and symbols and meaning using triangle concept. From the analysis of these signs can be drawn a conclusion that is made up of icons, indexes, and symbols in this study are related or linked. The existence of a sense of optimism within the meaning of SBY to bring better governance in spite of considerable challenges and little doubt of the thirteen new deputy minister.} }