REPRESENTASI KASUS KORUPSI AKIL MOCHTAR DALAM KARIKATUR PADA HEADLINE HARIAN PAGI RIAU POS (ANALISIS SEMIOTIK CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE)
Abstract: Chairman of the
Constitutional Court Akil Mochtar caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption
Commission while accepting bribes related to disputed local elections in
several regions in Indonesia. This case is the most horrendous events in the
history of fighting corruption and the arrest of the highest state officials
have ever done KPK. The judges Jakarta Corruption Court finally decided life
sentence due to Akil Mochtar found guilty of corruption and money laundering
related to the handling of election disputes in the Constitutional Court. In
reporting cases of corruption Akil Mochtar, Daily Morning Post Riau uses
caricature to package this information in the headline. As one visual
communication, a caricature is an interpretive picture that uses symbols to
convey a message quickly and concisely, or something attitude toward people,
situations, or specific events. The purpose of this study to determine how the
corruption cases Akil Mochtar Representation in caricature on Headline Riau Pos
daily morning by looking at the signs contained in caricature.
This study used a qualitative descriptive method with semiotic analysis
of meaning Charles Sanders Peirce elements Sign, object, and interpretant.
Number of caricatures in the analysis of 3 pieces caricature of corruption
headline Akil Mochtar edition October 2013 to July 2014 Data was collected
using interviews, documentation, and literature.
In this study the authors find meaning in the third image analyzing this
caricature, sure: First, Abraham Samad Sign dressed in Roman warriors Object
Abraham Samad has the courage to solve cases of corruption without fear and
trembling interpretant Abraham Samad managed to catch the perpetrators of
corruption that exist in Indonesia. Secondly, Sign Akil Mochtar, who is always
asking for money in a local election dispute Object Akil Mochtar has damaged
public confidence in the Indonesian Constitutional Court interpretant All
winning regional head for money in the Constitutional Court. Third, Akil
Mochtar Sign lay helpless and bound iron chain in Object Akil Mochtar verdict
of life imprisonment and can not do anything else interpretant sentence of life
imprisonment was proper because it has damaged the image of the Constitutional
Court which had long been believed.
Penulis: Jimmy Ricardo
Panjaitan, Suyanto
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd140357
