September 12, 2025Anglophile JournalOpen Access

Impoliteness Strategies in the Comment Section of Donald Trump's Instagram Account

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The analysis identifies four types of impoliteness strategies: bald-on record, positive, negative, and sarcasm.
The study found that impoliteness serves expressive, persuasive, and entertaining functions within political discourse.
Culpeper's theory of impoliteness provided a framework for categorizing the strategies observed in the comment sections.
No instances of withholding politeness were identified, emphasizing differences between online and face-to-face communication.

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Qualitative analysis reveals diverse impoliteness strategies in comments, highlighting global audience interactions with political figures.

Nurfitria et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Qualitative analysis reveals diverse impoliteness strategies in comments, highlighting global audience interactions with political figures.