Abstract :
Purpose of this research is to explore about the meaning of Nunun Nurbaetie cartoon
to corruption case about ?pemilihan Deputi Gubernur senior Bank Indonesia? edition
December 21 until 27 2011.
The writer is using the following theories, newspaper as a mass communication,
cartoon picture as a communication proccess and social critic, semiotic theory and the
Triangle of Meaningtheory by Charles Sanders Pierce.
The writer is using qualitative-descriptive method by using semiotic approach in this
research with the Nunun Nurbaetie cartoon as research object at December 21 until 27 2011
edition. Corpus of this research is Nunun nurbaetie cartoon at Tempo magazine, December
21 until 27 2011 edition about the case of coruption ?pemilihan Deputi Gubernur Senior
Bank Indonesia?.
Hypothesis in this research is, this cartoon criticize about corruption case ?pemilihan
Deputi Gubernur Senior? which is dragging several names of elites government in Indonesia .
Keywords: Charles Sanders Peirce?s semiotic theory, Nunun Nurbaetie cartoon,
corruption case of ?pemilihan Deputi Gubernur Senior Bank Indonesia ?.