Abstract :
This study aimed to look at the representation of Aceh?s judicial caning in The Jakarta
Post online newspaper and exposing the underlying ideology behind the representation.
A qualitative approach was applied in this study while the data were collected from
library research. Moreover, this study used Fairclough?s three-dimension model to
reveal the representation and the ideology behind the representation. Besides, in textual
analysis, this study employed Johnstone?s (2008) explanation that consists of active
and passive voice, naming, pre and post modifier, and direct and indirect quotation.
The findings showed that in the textual analysis The Jakarta post dominantly used
active voice, naming collective, clausal post modifier, and direct quotation. First, the
use of active voice was to state some activists and organizations against judicial caning
punishment. Second, collective naming was dominantly used to name people in the
news report. The collective naming was mainly used to describe activists and human
rights defenders. Third, the use of clause post modifier, in which it was used to provide
more detailed information about the defendant and the ruling. Fourth, the use of direct
quotation, in which it was used to describe particular people?s opinions, particularly
those who watch the judicial caning and some human right defenders. Moreover, in the
interpretation, The Jakarta post represented the judicial caning in Aceh as criticized
punishment. In the last stage, The Jakarta Post attempted to construct an ideology of
agreeing to human rights defenders. From the analysis, it was found that the use of
Johnstone?s approach and Fairclough?s model are very helpful in critical discourse
analysis. This study is expected to give knowledge to society on how media construct
their ideology in their discourse.
Keywords: Aceh?s Judicial caning, Critical Discourse Analysis, representation, three?dimensional model.