Abstract :
ThisstudyaimstoexaminethewaybothBBC NewsandTheJakarta
PostrepresentingthenewsaboutReynhardSinagausingthetheory
from VanLeeuwen.Thisresearchimplementsadescriptivequalitative
methodasitismoresuitabletoanalyzethedata.Thedataareinthe
form ofwords.Thedataaregatheredfrom BBCNewsandTheJakarta
PostonlineversionwhichtalkingaboutReynhadSinagarapecase.The
findingsrevealedthatbothmediausetheinclusionstrategytodecide
whichinformationwaschosenastheirbasereferencestorepresent
ReynhardSinaga.ThisissuggestedthatBBCUKtendedtouseinclusion
strategytoquoteastatementfrom differentpartiesaboutReynhard
Sinagaandtoinform thereadersabouthow severehissexualassaults
caseis.Meanwhile,TheJakartaPosttendedtouseinclusionstrategyto
compareIndonesianmedianewsinpublishinghiscaseandtogivea
cleardepictionofthedifferencebetweenReynhardSinaga'scasesto
anotherheterosexual'scriminalcase.Further,thisresearchcould be
usedasanoverview forthereadersaboutthetypeofstrategyusedby
certainjournalistswhorepresentingcertainpersons,cases,orideology
throughthearrangementofwordsthatareusedinthetext.
Keywords:CriticalDiscourseAnalysis,Representation,ReynhardSinaga,
VanLeeuwen