The Variation of the Meaning of Emojis Taking WeChat’s stickers as an Example

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The Variation of the Meaning of Emojis Taking WeChat’s stickers as an Example

Shizhe Wang 1*
  • 1 Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor, Sepang, 43900, Malaysia, *Corresponding author. Email:    
  • *corresponding author 837307460@qq.com
Published on 1 March 2023 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/3/2022659
LNEP Vol.3
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-09-6
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-10-2

Abstract

The study of the semantics of emoji is, in general, considered from a static perspective. Even when emoji are studied from a dynamic perspective, generational differences are rarely taken into account. An analysis of five typical and controversial emoji in this paper reveals a significant age gap of the usage of emoji.

Keywords:

emoji analysis and search, age differences, emoji semantics

Wang,S. (2023). The Variation of the Meaning of Emojis Taking WeChat’s stickers as an Example. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,3,1147-1151.
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Wang,S. (2023). The Variation of the Meaning of Emojis Taking WeChat’s stickers as an Example. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,3,1147-1151.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Educational Innovation and Philosophical Inquiries (ICEIPI 2022), Part II

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References

[1]. Herring S C, Dainas A R. Gender and age influences on interpretation of emoji functions[J]. ACM Transactions on Social Computing, 2020, 3(2): 1-26.

[2]. Miller Hillberg H, Levonian Z, Kluver D, et al. What i see is what you don't get: The effects of (not) seeing emoji rendering differences across platforms[J]. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2018, 2(CSCW): 1-24.

[3]. Hannah Jean Miller, Daniel Kluver, Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Loren G. Terveen, and Brent J. Hecht. 2017. Understanding emoji ambiguity in context: The role of text in emoji-related miscommunication. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM’17). AAAI Press. 152–161.

[4]. Hannah Jean Miller, Jacob Thebault-Spieker, Shuo Chang, Isaac Johnson, Loren Terveen, and Brent Hecht. 2016. Blissfully happy or ready to fight: Varying interpretations of emoji. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM’16). AAAI Press. Retrieved from

[5]. Alecia Wolf. 2000. Emotional expression online: Gender differences in emoticon use. CyberPsychol. Behav. 3, 5 (2000), 827–833.

[6]. Marília Prada, David L. Rodrigues, Margarida V. Garrido, Diniz Lopes, Bernardo Cavalheiro, and Rui Gaspar. 2018. Motives, frequency and attitudes toward emoji and emoticon use. Telemat. Inform. 35, 7 (2018), 1925–1934.

[7]. Anna Oleszkiewicz, Maciej Karwowski, Katarzyna Pisanski, Piotr Sorokowski, Boaz Sobrado, and Agnieszka Sorokowska. 2017. Who uses emoticons? Data from 86,702 Facebook users. Personal. Indiv. Diff. 119 (2017), 289–295

[8]. Emogi Research Team. 2016. 2016 Emoji Report. Retrieved from https://cdn.emogi.com/docs/reports/2016_emoji_report.pdf

[9]. Katy Waldman. 2016. How do Olds use emoji? Incorrectly, according to Wired. Slate. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/18/adults-emoji-grow-up-emoticons-teenagers

[10]. Weiß M, Bille D, Rodrigues J, et al. Age-related differences in emoji evaluation[J]. Experimental Aging Research, 2020, 46(5): 416-432.

[11]. Sara Jaeger, Yixun Xia, Pui-Yee Lee, Denise C. Hunter, Michelle K. Beresford, and Gastón Ares. 2017. Emoji questionnaires can be used with a range of population segments: Findings relating to age, gender, and frequency of emoji/emoticon use. Food Qual. Pref.

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