The language choice in mass media could become the factor that could attract others attention using news headlines. This research aims to analyze the types of speech acts used in Jakarta Post and Jakarta Globe headlines after the Indonesian General Election 2019. There are seventy headlines selected from those two online web pages, which consist of 20 headlines from Jakarta globe and 50 headlines from Jakarta post. Descriptive statistics were used. Based on the data, there are some findings obtained. First, assertive speech acts became the highest one than other types of speech acts employed by both Jakarta Globe and Jakarta Post news websites in composing headlines. Second, the headlines employed by Jakarta Post and Jakarta Globe headlines after the Indonesian general election show that they are similar in that both websites have similar percentages of using assertive and declarations as to the second rank of use in their headlines. Based on the conclusions above, it can be concluded that the study of the use of types of speech acts in news headlines could be a way to uncover hidden meanings that could influence the readers on certain issues, which also could affect the belief of the reader.

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