Why people use emoji when texting

[Jamie McKane]

Why people use emoji when texting

We’re much more likely to be hanging out on social media than at the watercooler these days. But just because we’re no longer face-to-face when we chat, doesn’t mean our communication is completely disembodied.

Over the last three decades, psychologists, linguists, and anthropologists, along with researchers from other traditions, have come together to understand how people gesture, and the relationship between gesture and speech.

 

[Creag]

 

[Heisenborg]

 

[Bryn]

 

[RedViking]

 

[MrG]

 

[spiff]

 

[RedViking]

 

[supersunbird]

 

[backstreetboy]

Bloomberg or The Conversation....

 

[Hamster]

 

[Sapphiron]

We use them because we are lazy and don't take time to express our thoughts with well considered statements.

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Bloomberg or The Conversation....

 

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We use them because we are lazy and don't take time to express our thoughts with well considered statements.

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[krycor]

It lightens up bad news..and adds a bit of personal emotion to text..

You’re fired!

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You’re fired!

 

[Dan C]

 

[sandwitch]

I use it because friends have told me, too. They say I sound too snarky and sarcastic otherwise.