News Item

v   Social Function / Purpose (Tujuan) :

To inform readers, listeners or viewers about events ot the day which are considered newsworthy or important (memberi informasi kepada pembaca, pendengar, pemirsa tentang suatu kejadian yang dianggap perlu untuk diberitakan)

v   Generic / Schematic Structure (Urutan Kejadian/ Pembahasan):

ü  Newsworthy Event : recount the event in summary form (ringkasan kejadian)

ü  Background Events : elaborate what happened, to whom, in what circumstances (latar belakang kejadian / peristiwa)

ü  Sources:  comments by participants in, witnesses to and authorities expert on the event (sumber berita, komentar pelaku, saksi, dan pendapat para ahli)

v   Linguistic Features ( Struktur/ Susunan Kebahasaan yang digunakan) :

ü  Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline (informasi pendek, ringkas, membahas tentang judul berita)

ü  Use of material processes to retell the event ( menggunakan kata kerja aktif, bisa dengan angka-angka)

ü  Use of projecting verbal processes in source stage (kata kerja yang menyatakan opinion dan laporan)

ü  Use of Past Tenses (menggunakan pola kalimat lampau)

ü  Focus circumstances of time and place (keterangan waktu dan tempat)

v   Example :

        Kupang (JP): The death of thousands of chickens in the last two weeks have raised public fears of avian influenza virus in Kupang, although local authorities have said the deaths weren’t relates to the virus. The true cause is still under investigation. The specimens of two dead chickens have been sent to two laboratories. They will be investigated there within a month. (Newsworthy Event)

        The head of animal health unit of East Nusa Tenggara Husbandary Agency, Maria Geong, said Tuesday that 7.000 chickens had died in Kupang in the last two weeks. (Background Event)

        “Preliminary investigations suggest the chickens died of Newcastle disease or chronis respiratory disease,” Maria Geong added. (Sources)