The Nonverbal Communication Functions of Emoticons in Computer-Mediated Communication

By Shao-Kang Lo. 2008

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction

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"Blissfully Happy" or "Ready toFight": Varying Interpretations of Emoji (2016, background): “Lo (2008) provided additional evidence that emoticons affect interpretation, showing that the same text can be perceived as either happy or sad depending on which emoticon accompanies it.”
Online Political Discourse: Exploring Differences in Effects of Civil and Uncivil Disagreement in News Website Comments (2017, methodology): “A smiley face was used as the absence of retaliatory aggression because smiles are easily recognized “spontaneous expressions of positive emotion” (Ekman & Friesen, 1982, p. 238) commonly used to indicate happiness in online communication (Dresner & Herring, 2010; Lo, 2008).”
A Systematic Review of Emoji: Current Research and Future Perspectives (2019, background): “They can help those receiving them correctly understand the sender’s emotion, attitude, and level of attention (Lo, 2008), bring enjoyment (Chen and Siu, 2017), promote interaction (Aldunate and Gonzálezibáñez, 2016) and community identity (Cho, 2016).”
Emojis as Tools for Emotion Work: Communicating Affect in Text Messages (2017, background): “For example, Walther, Loh, and Granka (2005) found that while face-to-face dyads expressed liking through nonverbal methods such as vocal tone, those using computer-mediated communication expressed liking primarily through outright statements of liking—and the dyads achieved the same levels of relat”
Online Interviewing in Psychology: Reflections on the Process (2011, background): “Although online communication does not lack socio-emotional expressions entirely (as will be elaborated on below; Walther and D'Addario 2001 Shao-Kang 2008 ), this does give rise to a greater potential for ambiguity and misunderstanding ( Chen & Hinton 1999 ).”
Bridging the communication gap between Generation Y and the Baby Boomer generation (2017, background): “The social presence theory indicates that nonverbal cues are used in communication to create a sense of the ‘other’ and with it creating warmth, friendliness, and satisfaction with the interaction (Lo, 2008, p. 595; Walther, 2011, p. 19).”
A longitudinal study of emoticon use in text messaging from smartphones (2012, background): “Other studies have focused on emoticon use in laboratory settings in order to better understand the influence of emoticons on interpreting messages (Derks et al., 2007; Lo, 2008; Walther & D’Addario, 2001).”