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Emojis: Communication, Symbolism, Culture

A guide to scholarly and popular resources on the use of emojis

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Scholarly Articles

Riordan, M. A. (2017). Emojis as tools for emotion work: Communicating affect in text messages. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 36(5), 549-567.
Riordan, M. A. (2017). The communicative role of non-face emojis: Affect and disambiguation. Computers in Human Behavior, 76, 75.
Kaye, L. K., Malone, S. A., & Wall, H. J. (2016;2017;). Emojis: Insights, affordances, and possibilities for psychological science. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(2), 66-68.
Kavanagh, B. (2016). Emoticons as a medium for channeling politeness within american and japanese online blogging communities. Language and Communication, 48, 53-65.

In the News

Emojis changing the way people and businesses communicate
CNBC
How Emojis Can Improve Your Relationships
NBC
Say it with feeling: The complex world of emojis
New Scientist
The Emoji Have Won the Battle of Words
New York TImes

Last Updated: Mar 12, 2019 4:25 PM
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Tags: communication, emojis, language, semiotics, symbols