Netizens’ Responses for LGBT Content in TikTok: Semantic Approaches with Cognitive Appraisal Theory of Emotion by Richard Lazarus

This study aims to identify the emotions that comes along within the Netizens’
responses for LGBT content in TikTok by using Richard Lazarus’ Cognitive
Appraisal Theory of Emotion. This research was conducted with a thematic
qualitative method. The data was taken from the comments that comes from the
Gay marriage content from @nickandant account in TikTok. And the comments
that was taken from the comment section in TikTok consisted 50 comments where
all the comments divided into 3 categories, which Desirability (Event-Based
Emotion), Praiseworthiness (Agent-Based Object) and Appeal (Object-Based
Emotion) that being proposed by Richard Lazarus (1980). This research has found
that in each types of emotions, Desirability (Event-Based Emotion) shows the
result that most Netizens’ are being pleased with the content. Praiseworthiness
(Agent-Based Emotion) has disapproving as the most frequent emotions within
their responses for the content and liking comes as the most repeated emotions
from Netizens’ towards the content from Agent (Object-Based Emotion).