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This article gives an overview of sarcasm and how hard/easy it is to detect it.

"Among Twitter's triumphs is the reinvention of self-mockery. By hijacking a feature known as the hashtag, Twitter users have found new ways to inject tiny packages of self-directed sarcasm into their tweets."

This article talks about the different ages kids detect sarcasm.

This article talks about the way that sarcasm is used in speech and the impact that it has on the meaning of messages and how it changes in different contexts.

I've always been extremely sarcastic. I'm the person who says "Oh, great!" to spilled coffee, or responds with "Wow, you're smart!" when one of my friends says something obvious. But in a world where we rely on text messages and emails to communicate, it can be hard to express sarcasm or irony in written form.