This paper presents computational work to detect satire/sarcasm in long commentaries on Italian politics. It uses the lexica extracted from the manual annotation based on Appraisal Theory, of some 30K word texts. The underlying hypothesis is that using this framework it is possible to precisely pinpoint ironic content through the deep semantic analysis of evaluative judgement and appreciation. ...

ly speaking, it seems that conflict when applied to communicative action can be reduced to two main types: 1. Making a positive claim which is incompatible with someone else ́s actions or interest. 2. Denying another person ́s positive claim. The denial can take at least the following forms: (i) Explicit denial often combined with a counterclaim (ii) Implicit denial often by satire or irony

In Indonesia, Stand-up Comedy has become the most popular form of community entertainment, resulting in emergence influential youth culture. a platform for comics to communicate political aspirations, worries, and criticisms. Three from Eastern Arie Kriting, Abdur, Mamat Alkatiri, have continuously presented material regarding socioeconomic disparity availability public services their native re...

Abstract A discussion of satire as borderline case invectivity will be presented in this paper. The particular focus lies on literary debates eighteenth-century Britain and Germany. British satirists like Dryden, Haywood or Pope described ridicule sarcasm main features satire, however, it was viewed necessary to uphold the distinction between libel resp. lampoon. This explained by concepts urba...

Normative theory on the functioning of public sphere requires citizens to actively engage with information that is provided them. For a long time, however, possibilities user-content interactivity have been limited due one-directionality traditional mass media. Moreover, re-occurring question what extent less-versus-more entertaining forms news evoke audience engagement. This study analyzes eng...