Indonesian Government Narrative in Media Writing on Stunting: A Discourse Analysis Approach

Abstract

The case of stunting in Indonesia is one of the priority issues that has received great attention from the government in order to realize a golden generation in the future. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of government in overcoming stunting, based on Fairclough's three-dimensional framework (1989). The method used in this study is a qualitative method. The data in this study is the news entitled Atasi Stunting, Bapanas dan ID FOOD Bantu Pangan 1,4 Juta Keluarga (Overcome Stunting, Bapanas and ID FOOD Feeding for 1.4 Million Families) published on March 16, 2024 by KOMPAS.com. This study used Fairgclough's three-dimensional framework to analyze data; text or description, discursive practice or Interpretation, social practice or explanation. This study indicated that the author’s way; the author's way of conveying the news is vocabulary, language style, and sentence structure. The author of the news article conveys his writing as a form of support for the government's policy without any criticism or critical views on the policies made by the government. In the news article, the author conveys his news with the meaning of persuasion and power.