What is it about?

We study online commenting in Israel and the USA. We code the comments for Irony in them and compare the results.

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Why is it important?

Online commenting is a new arena for public participation and bring in the voice of the people in a new way. Irony is a major linguistic tool. We also provide a coding method for online comments and irony.

Perspectives

We use mainly Pragmatics.

Gonen Dori-Hacohen

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This page is a summary of: On-line commenting on opinion editorials: A cross-cultural examination of face work in the Washington Post (USA) and NRG (Israel), Discourse Context & Media, February 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2017.02.001.
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