@phdthesis{UNY28828,
           title = {DEVELOPING DIGITAL COMICS AS LEARNING MEDIA FOR TEACHING  RECOUNT TEXT WRITING TO GRADE VIII STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 2 
	PLAYEN IN THE SECOND SEMESTER},
          author = {Yusuf Arif Nur Rahmat Muhammad},
           month = {November},
            year = {2015},
          school = {Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta},
             url = {http://eprints.uny.ac.id/28828/},
        keywords = {digital comics, Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Playen},
        abstract = {The objectives of the research were: (1) to identify the target and learning needs of Grade  VIII 	students 	of 	SMP 	Negeri 	2 	Playen 	in 	learning 	English 	writing, 	(2) 	to 	find 	out 	the 
characteristics 	of 	appropriate 	media 	for 	teaching 	writing 	to 	Grade 	VIII 	students 	of 	SMP  Negeri 2 Playen, and (3) to develop digital comics as learning media for teaching recount text 
writing to Grade VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Playen in the second semester. The type of  the research is Research and Development (R \& D). The subjects of the research were Grade 
VIII students of SMP Negeri 2 Playen, Classes VIII A and VIII C that consisted of twenty  three boys and thirty eight girls. The steps of the research were conducting the needs analysis, 
analyzing the results of the needs analysis, creating the course grid, designing flowchart and  storyboarding, 	developing 	the 	first 	draft, 	evaluating 	and 	revising 	the 	first 	draft, 	and 
developing the final draft. The instruments of the research were questionnaires and interview  guidelines. 	The 	data 	obtained 	from 	the 	questionnaires 	were 	analyzed 	quantitatively 	using 
frequency 	and those obtained from interview guidelines were analyzed 	qualitatively. This  study developed digital comics as learning media which consists of three units. Each unit  consists of six parts which are packed into 20-21 activities. The research findings showed that 
the 	developed 	digital 	comics 	was 	appropriate. 	The 	mean 	scores 	for 	material 	and 	media  aspects were 98.75\% and 100\% which were very good}
}