Narrative Texts in Three Copies of Court Decisions of Defamation Cases

Mahardhika Zifana, Iwa Lukmana, Dadang Sudana

2017

Abstract

This research aims to understand three copies of court decisions of defamation cases. It is to understand how and why the Indonesian judiciary designs decision to build the good image of judicial system. Ontologically, this study is built on the belief that the copies of court decision is a communication medium used by the judiciary to build image and to gain legitimacy. This study was carried out within the interpretive paradigm by using a semiotic approach. It employed semiotic analysis. This research shows that the copies of court decision of defamation cases have been designed by the judiciary as a rhetorical story to build a positive image that the judiciary is concerned with social and legitimacy issues. By doing so, the Indonesian judiciary actively seeks strategies to gain legitimacy from the Indonesian people.

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in Harvard Style

Zifana M., Lukmana I. and Sudana D. (2017). Narrative Texts in Three Copies of Court Decisions of Defamation Cases.In The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, ISBN 978-989-758-332-2, pages 239-245. DOI: 10.5220/0007165202390245


in Bibtex Style

@conference{conaplin and icollite17,
author={Mahardhika Zifana and Iwa Lukmana and Dadang Sudana},
title={Narrative Texts in Three Copies of Court Decisions of Defamation Cases},
booktitle={The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,},
year={2017},
pages={239-245},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007165202390245},
isbn={978-989-758-332-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - Volume 1: CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE,
TI - Narrative Texts in Three Copies of Court Decisions of Defamation Cases
SN - 978-989-758-332-2
AU - Zifana M.
AU - Lukmana I.
AU - Sudana D.
PY - 2017
SP - 239
EP - 245
DO - 10.5220/0007165202390245