AN ANALYSIS OF SADNESS EMOTION IN THE COMMENT OF INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT @EYE.ON.PALESTINE

Abstract

This research aims to describe the types of expressions of sadness and explain how the comments express sadness emotion in Instagram comments on the account “@eye.on.palestine” that discuss Palestine news. Sadness is the most strongly experienced emotion followed by joy, anger, fear, humiliation, shame, and guilt. The writers used the qualitative method to analyze the data from comments. The writers collect the comments in terms of sadness expression from the commenters. The results show there are 58 data on the type of sadness from secondary emotions: suffering, sadness, shame, neglect, disappointment, and sympathy. In addition, the writers found three ways commenters express their sadness, namely by using literal meaning in terms of vocabulary use, non-literal meaning such as by using figurative language such as metaphor, personification, and hyperbole. As a result, types of sadness in terms of sympathy is the most commonly found in the comments.Then, the writers also found mixed emotions like sadness together with anger. As a result, types of sadness in terms of sympathy is the most commonly found in the comments. Additionally, the writers also found the commenters used non-verbal communication also is mostly commonly found in the comments. They use various emoticons and symbols to express their strong feeling of sadness.