Euphemism used in political articles in reuters. Com

Data Source

The data source of this research is Reuters.com on March 1 through March 31, 2008, because on that duration America has been holding presidential primaries election. The data of this research are the headline of political articles in reuters.com, which involve political topics based on the types of euphemism, the styles of

euphemism and the functions of euphemism. Besides, the researcher also uses informant to strengthen the first data source. The curriculum vitae is included in the appendix.

3. Data Collection

The data of this research were taken from written words in the headlines of political articles in Reuters.com. To collect the data, the researcher did these following steps: first, the researcher looked for the headlines of political articles in Reuters.com consist of many euphemisms published from March 1 to March 31, 2008. Second, she selected fifteen headlines among political articles, which are related with political topics than read and understood the headline of political articles in reuters.com. The last, she classified the data systematically in accordance of the statement of the problems.

The researcher intended in analyzing the headlines of political article in Reuters.com on March 1 2008 up to l March 31 2008. On that duration there are two special topic issues concerning presidential primaries election in Democrat party.

4. Data Analysis

After the data have been collected, they are analyzed into the following steps: first, the researcher categories the data into fifteen categories which are in accordance the headlines based on the types of euphemism, styles of euphemism and functions of euphemism. Second, discuss fifteen headlines, which involve euphemism of the Reuters.com (they are related with political topics), the third draw a conclusion based on the result of the research.

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