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The political issues surrounding the 2024 Presidential election have become a prominent feature in media coverage, notably in political news such as The Jakarta Post, which extensively covers political issues related to Ganjar Pranowo. The issues raised encompass strategies, political agendas, and campaigns undertaken by Ganjar Pranowo. The selection of this media source is based on its legitimacy as a national platform. This article delves into an analysis of the function of interactional meta-discourse based on the frequency of the highestclass words in the political coverage of Ganjar Pranowo by The Jakarta Post. The data collection technique employed in this research utilizes a Linguistics Corpus approach. Utilizing Hyland's (2005) theory of interactional meta-discourse, this study aims to identify the frequency of highest-class words and the functions of interactional markers in political media as an informal text context, as studies on interactional markers are often encountered only in academic or formal text contexts. The findings of this research reveal that the highest frequency of word class is adjectival, specifically the term "presidential." This indicates that The Jakarta Post media demonstrates indications of the existence of Ganjar Pranowo in his political campaign as a presidential candidate in 2024. Additionally, hedges emerge as the most frequent interactional markers, indicating that Ganjar Pranowo is portrayed as a presidential candidate actively engaged in political campaigning, with the primary campaign focus on foreign policy and human resource matters.

Corpus Linguistics; Interactional Markers; Political Media; The Jakarta Post