Protest of Singaporeans Toward Indonesian Forest Fires Through Parody Song “Haze so Susah”

Abstract

In this thesis the researcher reveals the message of parody song Haze So Susah, the motivation and the ideology of composer, Alvin Oon, and The causes of forest fires by human errors. The research of this thesis uses Fairclough Critical Discourse Analysis theory consisting of three dimensions.The first, textual dimension reveals the message of parody song lyrics of Haze So Susah by using systemic functional grammar particularly transitivity system. The second, discourse dimension including text production, distribution and consumption reveals motivation and ideology of composer. The last, socio-cultural dimension reveals human error causes of forest fires. The parody song lyrics of Haze So Susah have 29 clauses devided into clause simplex and clause complex. The analysis result of clauses in systemic functional grammar, transitivity on the process and participants and protest expressions. They have material, relational. Mental and existential process. Relational process reaches 14 processes out of 29 processes. It turns out that relational process is the dominant process. The second dominant process is material process with 7 processes. The next process is mental process with 5 processes. Other process occurs as 2 processes for existential process. Based on the analysis, verbal and behavioral process does not occur in the lyrics of “Haze So Susah”. The result of transitivity analysis also concerns on the participants of the processes. They are I, Haze, My throat, You, the air, my nose,everything, my life and it. The number of carriers in Relational process reach 14 participants out of 27 participants. It turns out that carrier is the dominant participant. The second dominant participant is senser with 6 participants. The next participant is actor with 5 participants. Other process occurs as 2 participants for existent participant. The last, This parody song tells ecological or environmental problem that make Singaporeans protest. The protest is in a package of parody song Haze So Susah including some expressions of complaint, frustration, surrender and hope. However, this message of protest does not make anyone offended since the lyrics are unique, funny and entertaining. Finally, The message of this parody song is do not make destruction on the earth, since it will make people trouble and always keep our earth harmony, it will make us safe and peaceful in life The researcher deeply interviewed the composer of parody song “Haze So Susah”, Alvin Oon, about text production and distribution. The researcher deeply interviewed the composer of parody song “Haze So Susah”, Alvin Oon, about text production and distribution. The interview was held through social-media particularly fb messenger due to the distance of countries, Indonesia and Singapore. It was on November 22nd , 2016, November 24th, 2016, February 26th, 2017, September 28th, 2017 and October 8th, 2017. , The motivation of Alvin Oon in composing the parody song “Haze So Susah” is to entertain Singaporeans those were suffered from haze covering their country because of Indonesian forest fires. Alvin Oon has the ideology of social humanism especially ecological humanism or environmental humanism and local wisdom lover since he really cares of Singaporeans suffered from haze or health isue and he loves his local wisdom by promoting peranakan culture through the parady song “Haze So susah”. Being with his ideology and considered the representative of Singaporeans, Alvin Oon also expresses their protest implied on “Haze So susah” toward Indonesian forest fires. The composer, Avin Oon, needs media to make his ideology more legal and to distribute it. He uses one of mass media, youtube, for up loading his parody song “Haze So susah”. He uses youtube for distributing his creative art and legalizing his ideology since it is more simple, practical and cheaper than recording in the studio, on air, or show on the stage. The audiences in the whole of the world can enjoy his production as long as they have internet connection. Moreover, they are able to share and connect to other people in the world. The researcher can conclude that the human error causes of forest fires in Indonesia. The first, There is lenient or unstrict government regulation of burning forest for palm oil area in Indonesia. The second, capitalists or big foreign companies support local people or their workers to burn the forest due to profit oriented.