Emojis vs. facial expressions: An electrical neuroimaging study on perceptual recognition
The aim of this study was to investigate the neural underpinnings and the time course of emoji recognition through the…
Journal Article
Slava Ukraini: Exploring Identity Activism in Support of Ukraine via the Ukraine Flag Emoji on Twitter
Identity Activism is a new phenomenon afforded by the massive popularity of social media. It consists of the prominent display…
Do you kiss when you text? Cross-cultural differences in the use of the kissing emojis in three WhatsApp corpora
Emojis are pictographs added to messages on social media and websites. Researchers have observed that emojis representing kissing faces are…
A social semiotic perspective on emoji: How emoji and language interact to make meaning in digital messages
This article presents a social semiotic analysis of emoji-language semiosis. Combining the theoretical architecture of Systemic Functional Linguistics and methodology…
Emojis as Contextual Indicants in Location-Based Social Media Posts
The presented study aims to investigate the relationship between the use of emojis in location-based social media and the location…
Tuned in on senders’ self-revelation: Emojis and emotional intelligence influence interpretation of WhatsApp messages
Emojis function like nonverbal cues in digital communication, but how do they impact the meaning of a message? We tested…
Testing, filtering, and insinuating: Matching and attunement of emoji use patterns as non-verbal flirting in online dating
This study adds to research on digital interactions by exploring the role of emoji use patterns in online dating among…
To Express or to End? Personality Traits Are Associated With the Reasons and Patterns for Using Emojis and Stickers
Emojis and stickers are becoming increasingly popular in computer-mediated communications. The present study examined the associations between personality traits and…
Use and interpretation of emoji in electronic-mediated communication: A survey
Among the pictorial representations that have succeeded in electronic-mediated communication (EMC), the rise of emoji is of special interest, as…
What’s in a post? How sentiment and issue salience affect users’ emotional reactions on Facebook
We investigate the effects of sentiment and issue salience on emotionally labeled responses to posts from political actors on Facebook…