Intertextuality in Editorials of Presidential election 2019

This study investigates the intertextuality in articles of opposite editorials related to Presidential Election 2019. The objectives of the study are to analyzed kinds of intertextuality, to evaluate the ways of the intertextuality are realized, and to elaborate the reasons of intertextuality in opposite editorials are realized. This research applied qualitative research design. The data were complex clauses which contained of intertextuality from opposite editorials of four newspapers, namely Kompas, Media Indonesia, Analisa, and Waspada started from January 2nd until April 17th 2019 and were collected by capturing the pictures of the articles, selecting them, and identifying the complex clauses. The data were analyzed by using content analysis technique proposed by Elo and Kyngas (2007). The findings showed that there are five out of seven types of intertextuality based on Genette theory in which the most dominant one is implicit quotation, there were five elements those caused intertextuality realized in opposite editorials, they were; paraphrasing, patchwriting, making implicit meaning, putting contrastive conjunction, and last, image building, and there were nine reasons of the intertextuality realization, they were; to serves to deepen and broaden topics, serves to give a certain impression, serves by refining message, to turning or revive old text, to provide examples, to provide contradictory statement, to provide data, to state, and to questioning.