Mass Media Construction of Irwan Prayitno’s Leadership: A Critical Discourse Analysis Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics Vol. 5 No. 1, 2020 eISSN: 2503-4197, pISSN: 2527-5070 www. indonesian-efl-journal.org Mass Media Construction of Irwan Prayitno’s Leadership: A Critical Discourse Analysis Hetti Waluati Triana State Islamic University Imam Bonjol Padang e-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract: This study aims to investigate Irwan Prayitno's characters that were constructed by the mass media and the construction patterns used by each of the mass media. The study applied a descriptive model by applying mixing methods; qualitative and quantitative. The research data were obtained from Padang Ekspress, Singgalang, and Haluan print media. Following the research orientation, the data were collected from the August-November 2015 issues. Various characteristics of Irwan Prayitno’s leadership Indonesian Journal of EFL and Linguistics, 5(1), 2020 1 Hetti Waluati Triana, et al were reported with different patterns in each mass media. The differences were influenced by the practice of discourse and social practices that underlie the emergence of news. From the perspective of discourse practice, although each editor in chief emphasized the independence of media in politics, they did not deny that the owners of each media had a close relationship with certain political figures, including Irwan Prayitno.