Language Objectivity Analysis Of Journalism In E-News Kompas

Abstract

The research is dealt with language objectivity in the KOMPAS E-News. The purpose of this research is to identify the language objectivity of KOMPAS E-News language. The data of this research is taken from KOMPAS E-News, edition of May 15, 2019 from 5 headlines. They are Politic, Economy, Social, Sport and Entertainment. The technique for analyzing the data is done by reading the news carefully, to investigate the language after dividing them into paragraphs by using Tyler Sonnemaker (2015) theory and lately, classify the paragraph and elaborate them. In which it is mainly aimed to acknowledge the language objectivity in the news. From the data analysis, it is acknowledged that the language objectivity has explained the objectivity of KOMPAS E-News. The conclusion of this research is the language objectivity in a news is very important since the researcher know that the function of the language objectivity is to keep the news neutral and balance in sharing the news to people based on truth and reality because it may be very influential for the readers and their point of view towards the reported news. Moreover, Tyler Sonnemaker (2015) defined Objectivity as a norm that journalism should adhere to moving forward, we must look backward to its origins, considering both where it emerged from as well as what precisely emerged. Additionally, we can improve our understanding of its historical evolution by framing language objectivity as it pertains to journalism. It means that the existency of language objectivity in news is very crucial.