Analysis of Psycholinguistic Processes of the Followers’ Comments on the Posts of Pakistani Celebrities on Instagram
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2022
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
This research is a psycholinguistic analysis of the comments of the followers
on the posts of Pakistani celebrities on Instagram. The research predominantly
includes Psycholinguistic analysis on the usage of pronouns and emotional states with
the help of language, how much positive or negative emotions are used through
language and how these emotions become a reason of anxiety or depression. The
research design includes quantitative approach in which Linguistic Inquiry and Word
Count (LIWC) has been used to analyze the Linguistic Categories and Psychological
Processes on the selected comments on the posts of Pakistani celebrities on Instagram.
The linguistic categories have particularly focused on the pronouns and psychological
process focuses on the emotional state of followers on the celebrities post through
LIWC-2022. This research includes 84 posts which have been taken from online
sources named as "Galaxy Lollywood", "Express tribune life and style", and "Diva
Magazine Pakistan”. The results show the extensive usage of third person pronouns
and high percentile of negative emotions as compared to positive emotions.
KEYWORDS: Psycholinguistics, Computational Analysis, Emotions, Depression,
Pronouns