Abstract:
This study discusses the semiotic analysis related to the sarcasm emoji used by
users on social media Twitter. This study aims to describe the types of emojis
sarcasm and how emojis affects users on Twitter. This research used a qualitative
descriptive research. The data source are taken from user comments on Twitter
from March to May 2023 on the @indomielovers account. The results showed
that there were 3 types of emojis sarcasm found, namely: no emojis, positive
emojis, and negative emojis in comments on the Twitter account @indomielovers.
There are 100 comments consisting of 40 types of no emojis, 30 types of positive
emojis and 30 types of negative emoji. Then, the researcher found the factors of
using sarcasm emoji, namely thoughts, expressions, and opinions. and the affects
of using sarcasm emojis are that they can lead to misunderstandings or
misinterpretations and making sentences more emotional that offend someone,
then cause confusion and conflict. Also, most of the users use sarcasm emoji
based on the post they want to comment on that post.
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