Ideology in Narenda Modi’s Mann Ki Baat Speech Of Covid-19

Abstract

This study investigates the application of Critical Discourse Analysis to Narenda Modi speech Maan Ki Baat. In this study, the focus is on the text structure and the ideology that represented in the speech. The theory used is Van Dijk‟s text structure model which concentrates on the three elements of text structures; macrostructures, superstructures, and microstructures. The discourses are from the speech of NarendaModi. The research was qualitative research using the critical discourse analysis to analyze the data. The data were analyzed through Van Dijk‟s text structure model. All discourse on the speech of Narenda Modi chosen as the data. The data collected from https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=oEB5RnaDZmE. This study has revealed that, first the macrostructure of three speeches is about the Prime Minister NarendraModi asked Indians to stay more vigilant than ever against the threat of COVID-19. Second, superstructure of three speeches gives the information about the condition of Indian and poor people against the effect of covid-19 and his recommendation to people in following the protocol during the pandemic period. Third, microstructure of three speeches shows that Modi wants to give the good image in his speech, so that the positive word used in the speech. Then, the ideology that represented in the text is socialism.