Abstract

This study discusses how the representation of executed Indonesian migrant workers in the case of their executions in Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2018 in The Jakarta Post news articles. This study is analyzed by using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) which specifically uses the Social Actor Representation (SAR) theory from van Leeuwen (2008). In analyzing the data, this study is also supported by the theory of levels of analysis from Richardson (2007) to analyze the text producers’ lexical choice and the theory of transitivity from Halliday and Matthiessen (2004) to analyze the role allocation. This study shows that The Jakarta Post represents the executed Indonesian migrant workers negatively. It can be seen from the text producers’ ways to include the executed Indonesian migrant workers in the representation. Moreover, The Jakarta Post also uses the words ‘kill’, ‘knife to death’, ‘stab’ etc. to describe the executed Indonesian migrant workers.

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  Articles

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 14, 2015). “Indonesian domestic worker beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/14/indonesian-domestic-worker-beheaded-saudi-arabia.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 15, 2015). “Family calls for repatriation of Siti Zaenab body”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/15/family-calls-repatriation-siti-zaenab-body.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 15, 2015). “Indonesia unhappy over lack of Saudi execution warning”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/15/indonesia-unhappy-over-lack-saudi-execution-warning.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 15, 2015). “Shock as Saudis behead RI woman”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/15/shock-saudis-behead-ri-woman.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 16, 2015). “Ambassador in the dark on Siti execution”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/16/ambassador-dark-siti-execution.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 16, 2015). “RI regrets another Saudi execution”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/16/ri-regrets-another-saudi-execution.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on April 19, 2015). “279 Indonesian migrant workers face death penalty abroad”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/19/279-indonesian-migrant-workers-threatened-face-death-penalty.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on May 8, 2015). “In search of restorative justice”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/05/08/in-search-restorative-justice.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on March 19, 2018). “Saudi Arabia beheads Indonesian worker despite Jokowi’s pleas for clemency”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/03/19/saudi-arabia-beheads-indonesian-worker-despite-jokowis-pleas-for-clemency.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on March 21, 2018). “Execution of Indonesian worker 'won’t affect' RI-S. Arabia relations”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/03/21/execution-of-indonesian-worker-wont-affect-ri-s-arabia-relations.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on March 23, 2018). “Five Indonesians on Saudi’s death row because of ‘magic’”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/03/23/five-indonesians-on-saudis-death-row-because-of-magic.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on October 30, 2018). “Indonesia must scrap workers agreement with Saudi Arabia following execution: NGO”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/10/30/indonesia-must-scrap-workers-agreement-with-saudi-arabia-following-execution-ngo.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on October 31, 2018). “Indonesia protests Saudi Arabia execution of migrant worker”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/10/31/indonesia-protests-saudi-arabia-execution-of-migrant-worker.html

  The Jakarta Post. (Released on October 31, 2018). “Jokowi regrets being blindsided, again, in Saudi execution of Indonesian”. Retrieved December 9, 2018 from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/10/31/jokowi-regrets-being-blindsided-again-in-saudi-execution-of-indonesian.html

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