Lexical Analysis in News Articles to Show Media Framing Charles Leclerc's 2024 Wins: A Corpus Study

Abstract

This study examines how the media framed Charles Leclerc’s victory in the 2024 Grand Prix season. Using a descriptive qualitative method, the researchers identified Entman’s (1993) framing in the news media. The data consist of twenty-one news articles collected from news media and analyzed using corpus linguistic tools to identify high-frequency lexical items and collocation patterns. The findings show that sports media covering Charles Leclerc’s victory at the 2024 Grand Prix used three perspectives: positive, negative, and neutral, and from four point of Entman framing, the media highlighted more than just Charles Leclerc's skill and Ferrari's technical strength, but also emphasized elements of luck, the dynamics of the race, and his
opponents' mistakes, creating a complex picture of success. In addition, the media discourse reflected a mixture of admiration and criticism, describing the victory as the result of perseverance and teamwork while also suggesting areas for improvement in consistency and strategy.