The strength of 'Categorization' in Media Headline
Angie Sangkal Soal BBM, Rosa: Kok Gitu Yah Artis?
[name] denied about [name] why like that [partc] artist
BlackBerry Messaging (refer to actress, singer, etc)
This was a headline taken from a lawyer's (Rosa) statement
This Rosa is currently defending one of the suspects of a very high profile corruption case in Indonesia
This 'Angie' is a witness who denies all allegations from her client's testimony
This Rosa is currently defending one of the suspects of a very high profile corruption case in Indonesia
This 'Angie' is a witness who denies all allegations from her client's testimony
Angie was (is) happen to be a former beauty pageant winner, actress, singer(?), writer, a politician, and a member of Indonesian parliament... maybe mom, wife, daughter, female, beautiful women, etc...
Applying Antaki's (1998) framework
What does this category of "actress" doing here?
Do we need to know all the inferences of artist (refer to actress, singer, etc) here to understand this headline?
Well. basically in Indonesian context, Artist (refer to actress, singer, etc) has categorical rich inferences identity
It has the inference of people who love to be under the spotlight?
Including superfluous lifestyle, constant married-divorce sequence?.... untrusted?
Why actress instead of her other categories?
I think when we read this we will just absorb the inferences and unconsciously start to doubt this witness' credibility as a person... then in turn her court testimonial...
What a 'clever' move of a lawyer...
Considering that Angie is also a suspect in the same case and previously being reported to have an excessive shopping habit...
Sequentially and contextually, we can see what does this 'Artis' category doing here
- superflous life style
- excessive shopping habit
It won't be a surprise that they will come with
- more untrustworthy sense?
- excessive spending + fixed salary (being a member of parliament) lead to corr....ption
Yeah right...
Now, let's try to imagine if this lawyer puts 'Mom' there instead of 'Artis'... na na, It wont do i, clever!
"the beauty of inferences"... keep peeling up the layers!!!
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