ABSTRACT

This paper investigated newspaper editorial framing of the change in the date of the commemoration of Democracy Day. The study adopted framing analysis as its research method. Drawing from Van Dijk’s (1992. “Discourse and the Denial of Racism.” Discourse and Society 3 (1): 87–118) model of editorial analysis which focuses on Definition, Evaluation and Recommendation, this research interrogates newspaper’s portrayal of the change of democracy day from 29 May to 12 June. To frame the issue, these newspaper editorials embarked on the remembering of the cancellation of 12 June elections. Based on the recollection of the past and the current events, these newspapers framed the shift in the date of the commemoration in contrastive ways, namely, as an attempt to rewrite the evil of the past and a spurious gesture. The study concluded by arguing that both media recollection of past and framing of current events were subjectively organised to achieve a specific goal. The implication of the study was discussed.

摘要

本文考察了民主日纪念日变化的报纸社论框架。本研究采用框架分析作为研究方法。取自 Van Dijk 的作品（1992 年。“话语和对种族主义的否认。”话语与社会3 (1): 87–118) 以定义、评价和推荐为重点的编辑分析模型，本研究询问报纸对5月29日至6月12日民主日变化的描述。为了解决这个问题，这些报纸社论开始纪念 6 月 12 日的选举被取消。这些报纸基于对过去和当前事件的回忆，以对比的方式描绘了纪念日期的变化，即试图改写过去的邪恶和虚假的姿态。该研究的结论是，媒体对过去的回忆和当前事件的框架都是主观地组织起来以实现特定目标的。讨论了该研究的意义。