Abstract :
The study was based on the depiction of the situation in competing businesses
- race five men - men to be the number one or the President of the Republic of
Indonesia.
The method used to determine the meaning that there is a semiotic analysis
included descriptive qualitative research. This uses the theory of semiotics Charles
Sanders Peirce, who divides signs into three categories: icons, indices and symbols.
The results of this study, according to researchers, is the effort of Mahfud
MD, Hatta Rajasa, Prabowo, Bakrie and Jusuf Kalla, to become the number one race
in Indonesia, by the way, background, preparation and the different attitudes of each
individual to face competition.
Keywords: Illustration, semiotics, Charles Sanders Peirce, Race For RI -1, Tempo
Magazine, Five People Male.