The current study tackles sarcasm in Instagram comments and specifically form a gender-based perspective. It deals with how men and women use sarcasm in their comments on social media and specifically on Instagram. The study aims at analyzing 80 out of 600 comments from Piers Morgan’s show ‘uncensored’ using Camp (2011) model of sarcasm for analysis. The model categorizes sarcasm into four types: propositional sarcasm, lexical sarcasm, ‘like’ prefixed sarcasm and finally illocutionary sarcasm. The study uses a descriptive qualitative method in gathering and examining the data. The findings of the study show that men use sarcastic comments more than women in general. However, one type is used more by women than men.
Hassan,D A . (2026). Gender-based Analysis of Sarcasm in Instagram Comments: A Case Study of Piers Morgan’s Show.. Journal of Language Studies, 10(Issue 1, Part 1), 401-414. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P1.21
MLA
Hassan,D A . "Gender-based Analysis of Sarcasm in Instagram Comments: A Case Study of Piers Morgan’s Show.", Journal of Language Studies, 10, Issue 1, Part 1, 2026, 401-414. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P1.21
HARVARD
Hassan D A. (2026). 'Gender-based Analysis of Sarcasm in Instagram Comments: A Case Study of Piers Morgan’s Show.', Journal of Language Studies, 10(Issue 1, Part 1), pp. 401-414. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P1.21
CHICAGO
D A Hassan, "Gender-based Analysis of Sarcasm in Instagram Comments: A Case Study of Piers Morgan’s Show.," Journal of Language Studies, 10 Issue 1, Part 1 (2026): 401-414, doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P1.21
VANCOUVER
Hassan D A. Gender-based Analysis of Sarcasm in Instagram Comments: A Case Study of Piers Morgan’s Show.. JLS. 2026;10(Issue 1, Part 1):401-414. doi: 10.25130/Lang.10.1.P1.21
