Analysis of Emoji and Emoticon Usage in Interpersonal Communication of Blackberry Messenger and WhatsApp Application User

@article{Chairunnisa2017AnalysisOE,
  title={Analysis of Emoji and Emoticon Usage in Interpersonal Communication of Blackberry Messenger and WhatsApp Application User},
  author={Sabrina Chairunnisa and A S Benedictus},
  journal={International Journal of Social Sciences and Management},
  year={2017},
  volume={4},
  pages={120-126}
}
The aims of this research are: 1) to know the display of emoji and emoticon in Blackberry Messenger and WhatsApp application, 2) to know the usage of emoji and emoticon in Blackberry Messenger and WhatsApp application on interpersonal communication, and 3) to know the role of emoji and emoticon usage on interpersonal communication. In this research, the method used was qualitative research method. This research was based on media richness theory. Through the communication channel, the message… 
View via Publisher
nepjol.info
24 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
1
Background Citations
8
Methods Citations
2

Figures and Tables from this paper

24 Citations

43. Analysis of The Use of Interpersonal Communication Emoji on Whatsapp Use Among Students
The presence of social media has led to changes in the online community participation. Public participation does not only happen in the real world but also in cyberspace (Ali & Samsudin, 2012). In…
An Analysis of Whatsapp Emoji in Business Interactions between a Malaysian SME and the Turkish Counterparts
Social media platforms such as Twitter, Whatsapp, and Instagram are widely used by individuals around the globe. Entrepreneurs are among those who use social media as their platforms in selling and…
Emojis and Law: contextualized flexibility of meaning in cyber communication
ABSTRACT Because some sentiments simply cannot be verbalized, the written message lacks rendered intonation and the embodied dynamics of expressed feeling. With the rise of emails and other means of…
Emoji in WhatsApp Group Conversation: Study on Barthes Theory of Semiotics
This research aims to investigate the use of emoji in WhatsApp group conversation to reveal the types and meaning of emojis used in the setting where members from groups communicate online. The…
Engaging consumers in mobile instant messaging: the role of cute branded emoticons
Purpose With the rapid surge of mobile marketing, an increasing number of brands have launched branded emoticons in an attempt to build brand relationships with consumers. Despite the apparent…
Religious Expressions as Situation Bound Rituals in Iraqi Computer-Mediated Communication
This study aims at exploring the linguistic habits of Iraqi Arab speakers and the situations wherein Iraqis invoke religion and the lexicon of Allah in their daily online communication. Throughout…
A Systematic Review of Emoji: Current Research and Future Perspectives
TLDR
A systematic review of the extant body of work on emoji, reviewing how they have developed, how they are used differently, what functions they have and what research has been conducted on them in different domains is provided.
One Loveheart at a Time: The Language of Emoji and the Building of Affective Community in the Digital Medieval Studies Environment
TLDR
It is argued that Slack creates virtual spaces for informal interaction which, when embraced by a community, can substitute for the accidental collisions that enable collaboration in shared physical spaces.
CYBERBULLYING AGAINST TRANSGENDER IN SOCIAL MEDIA: SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM PERSPECTIVE
TLDR
The object of this study is Mimi Peri Rapunchelle, an Indonesian Celebrity Instagram that has been viral among Indonesian Instagram users and aims to draw the red thread of the Cyberbullying interaction process through the symbolic interactionism theoretical framework.
GAZING AT ‘THE-YOU-KNOW-WHO/WHAT’ IN WHATSAPP: DEIXIS USED IN ONLINE LEARNING AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WhatsApp, as one of the most powerful and ubiquitous social media platforms, has become one of the promising tools utilized for English online learning during the current crisis, COVID-19 pandemic.…
...
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 39 REFERENCES
Relevance of Emoticons in Computer-Mediated Communication Contexts: An Overview
With the constant growth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the last 50 years or so, electronic communication has become part of the present day system of living. Equally, smileys…
Emoticons in Computer-Mediated Communication: Social Motives and Social Context
TLDR
Results showed that emoticons are mostly used to express emotion, to strengthen a message, and to express humor.
A linguistic study of the understanding of emoticons and emojis in text messages
This study investigates the understanding of emoticons and emojis used in text messages. The aim of this study is to determine whether there is a universal understanding of emoticons and emojis,…
The Effects of Emoticons and Text-Messaging on Social Interaction: Playfulness in Mobile Instant Messaging
TLDR
Drawing from media richness theory, the findings illustrate that combined effect of text messaging and the use of emoticon, builds information richness which leads to perceived playfulness in mobile instant messaging.
The Impacts of Emoticons on Message Interpretation in Computer-Mediated Communication
TLDR
The results indicate that emoticons’ contributions were outweighed by verbal content, but a negativity effect appeared such that any negative message aspect—verbal or graphic—shifts message interpretation in the direction of the negative element.
The Conservatism of Emoji: Work, Affect, and Communication
This piece examines emoji as conduits for affective labor in the social networks of informational capitalism. Emoji, ubiquitous digital images that can appear in text messages, emails, and social…
What Sunshine Is to Flowers: A Literature Review on the Use of Emoticons to Support Online Learning
Functions of the Nonverbal in CMC: Emoticons and Illocutionary Force
The term 'emoticons'—short for 'emotion icons'—refers to graphic signs, such as the smiley face, that often accompany computer-mediated textual communication. They are most often characterized as…
Sentiment of Emojis
TLDR
The first emoji sentiment lexicon is provided, called the Emoji Sentiment Ranking, and a sentiment map of the 751 most frequently used emojis is drawn, which indicates that most of the emoji are positive, especially the most popular ones.
Communicating in the multichannel age: Interpersonal communication motivation, interaction involvement and channel affinity
Motivation for communication, interaction involvement, and channel affinity were examined to assess their influence on channel choice. Participants (N = 230) completed a self-report survey that…
...
...