Understanding emojis: Cultural influences in interpretation and choice of emojis

Sun, Juhyung; Lasser, Sarah C.; Lee, Sun Kyong

doi:10.1080/17513057.2022.2036790

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“…This finding empirically verifies that empathy facilitates intercultural communication through emotional exchange (e.g., Spitzberg and Cupach, 1984). While prior research found that empathy helped users choose appropriate stickers in cross-cultural conversations (Sun et al, 2022), we have further demonstrated that highly empathetic individuals can also more accurately interpret emotions from stand-alone stickers, even in the absence of conversational contexts. This, again, foregrounds the culture-independent expression of emotions through stickers.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Moreover, even though recognition of facial, vocal, and multimodal expressions are correlated (Laukka et al, 2021), the nonverbal channels through which emotions are conveyed impact cross-cultural emotion recognition accuracy (Elfenbein and Ambady, 2002). Although Takahashi et al (2017) demonstrated that the emotion recognition of emoticons varies across cultures, prior research has not examined the predictors of emotion recognition in the context of cross-cultural stickers. Based on the theoretical postulations above, the current study fills this remaining void by quantitatively modeling the influence of culture-, emotion-, technology-related predictors.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In emotional communication, experience—including prior intercultural experience—shapes emotion recognition (Takahashi et al, 2017). Swenson and Casmir (1998) observed that foreign travel experiences increased the ability to recognize facial expressions of emotions in different ethnic groups.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the context of cross-cultural stickers, ICC helped American students who are less identified with vertical collectivism (i.e., collectivist cultures emphasizing competition between in-groups and out-groups) identify the correct Korean stickers in the given conversations (Sun et al, 2022). With positive intergroup contact and ICC reducing bias and improving familiarity with the target culture, individuals become more confident in their interpretation of nonverbal behaviors of outgroup members; with greater exposure to other cultures, people's emotion recognition accuracy rises (Elfenbein and Ambady, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Emotion recognition is integral to intercultural communication competence and emotional intelligence, which influence American students’ selection and interpretation of stickers in conversational contexts (Sun et al, 2022). However, since sticker research remains in its nascent stage, limited studies have examined what predicts the recognition of emotions expressed by stickers, especially in an intercultural context.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gleaning Emotions from Virtual Stickers: An Intercultural Study

Yang,

Atkin,

Labato

2023

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Virtual stickers—as a newer generation of graphic icons—possess the potential to facilitate online intercultural communication through emotional expression. However, people from different cultural backgrounds rely on varied display and decoding rules, which lead to disagreement on the emotions communicated by stickers. Drawing from the dialect theory of communicating emotion, the current study employs an online survey to examine whether culture-, emotion-, and technology-related factors impact American college students’ recognition accuracy of 6 basic emotions expressed through 36 Chinese animated and static stickers. Results demonstrate that sticker use frequency, intercultural communication competence, and empathy are positively related to cross-cultural sticker emotion recognition accuracy. However, neither prior intercultural experience with Chinese students nor social media use frequency influences cross-cultural sticker emotion recognition accuracy. No gender differences were identified. This study represents one of the first to systematically examine predictors of sticker interpretation accuracy in a cross-cultural context.

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Do emojis really help us to communicate better? Investigating instructor credibility, students’ learning motivation, and performance

Sia,

Hii,

Jong

et al. 2024

Educ Inf Technol

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Extensive research has been conducted to investigate the role of emojis in interpretation, impression, perceptions, personality and relationship building. However, in the higher education sector, few studies have examined how emojis influence the learning motivation and performance of students. Using the theories of source credibility and stimulus organism response, a model was created to explain how the emojis used in text-based electronic-mediated communication (TEMC) impact instructor credibility, learning motivation, and learning performance. Data obtained from students (N = 348) indicates that the use of emojis in TEMC affects their perceptions of instructor credibility (expertise, trustworthiness, likability) and learning motivation. Furthermore, perceived instructor credibility was found to mediate the relationship between the use of emojis in TEMC and students’ learning motivation. Finally, the study also demonstrates that students’ learning motivation significantly enhances their learning performance. The research findings illustrate the importance of emoji use in TEMC between instructors and students in enhancing students’ learning motivation and performance at higher education institutions (HEIs). The findings have significance for instructors and HEIs who engage in TEMC with students. This paper also discusses the implications and limitations of the study, along with potential future research.

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Understanding emojis: Cultural influences in interpretation and choice of emojis

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Gleaning Emotions from Virtual Stickers: An Intercultural Study

Gleaning Emotions from Virtual Stickers: An Intercultural Study

Humour in Messaging Interactions

Do emojis really help us to communicate better? Investigating instructor credibility, students’ learning motivation, and performance

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