dc.description.abstract | These days mass media progressively hold the role of vital importance in political life. Media activity in reporting political event often give the impact which very signifikan for political growth. The growth in turn is also exploited for the importances of to reach the political target as does Election of Regional Leader Directly (Pilkadasung) specially election of Mayor and Acting Mayor of Medan year 2005. This matter earn the ism [of] because media [is] very social channel possible own the that certain don't know interest [is] economic importance, political, ideological and others from side made. As a result, message brought even also, inclusive of political news have, loaded potency with the importance diffraction. As a result media can be trapped in situation that is not ideal where its independency can be questioned
This research aim to to Lay open what is in return the reality perceived the (virtual reality) from news of Pilkada of Medan of year 2005. Laying open reality of history and social strength influence, political economics and culture at the opposite of text or news Pilkada which is made by each accurate Newspaper Whether/What there are equality reality" from depiction (konstruksi) reality 2 group of Mayor Candidate / acting mayor [of] Medan [of] among 3 analysed newspaper. Laying open strength to idealist, idiologis, more having an effect on economic or political to a media in reporting on reality Pilkada 2005 in Medan.
Result of Research indicate that Evaluated from critical paradigm and also framework CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis), can be said that at the opposite of reality perceived the (virtual realty) [at] level deskripsi there are" reality of history and social strength influence, cultural, economics and politics" having an effect on construction of couple of candidate of mayor and acting mayor. at level of interpretation and Sociocultural Practise Deliberated from paradigm Critical weared in this research is inferential that from side of idealist and idiologis, media can be categorized independent. For a while from economic and political side, though each media refuse to be told is not independent but from evidence that media give the space too big to news of couple Abdillah/Ramli, hence media can be categorized is not independent. With the news condition which construction by media print in Medan, like or [do] not like in fact media have been trapped" to behave is not independent in reporting on event of Pilkada of town of Medan year 2005 | en_US |