SOCIAL FUNCTION IN NEWS ITEMS

News Item

Kendari SAR Team Finds 3 More Victims

The use of passive
KENDARI: On Thursday three more victims from a
voice (to be + verb 3)
ship that sank in the Banda Sea were found by a
Newsworthy search and rescue team. They were Aris Triono, the
event captain of the Amami cargo ship, Yakub, a crewman,
and Suharto, a passenger.

The Amami cargo ship had been missing

The use of past
since the incident occurred on Friday last week.
tenses
The three victims were found on Thursday,
Background
floating in water close to Menui Island, Central
event
Sulawesi Province. To other victims were earlier
saved by the SAR team in the Banda Sea on Saturday
last week, only a day after the ship sank due to bad
weather.
Direct and indirect
“The SAR team is still searching for 10 crew speech
members and a passenger still missing after the
Source incident,” said Rocky Asikin, the head of Kendari SAR
team.

The Jakarta Post – Jakarta

The social function of news items:

To inform readers, listeners, or viewers about events of the day which are considered important and
interesting.

The organization of news items:

 Newsworthy events
Recount the events in summary form
 Background events
Elaborate what happened, to whom, and in what circumstances.
 Sources
Are comments by participants in, witnesses to, and authorities expert on the events.
ASSIGNMENT
Find news item text on internet or a newspaper, analyze the text based on the following
questions:

1. What is the headline for the news?

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2. Identify the organization of the text (place a tick on the points)
______Newsworthy events
______Background events
______Sources
3. Briefly describe the factual content of the news according to 5WH and H
Who
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What
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When
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Where
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Why
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How
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4. Does the journalist use the accuracy of the news? How do you know that the source
used was reliable and accurate?
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5. Summarize the news in one paragraph.
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