3
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
0 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: not found

      Emoticons in computer-mediated communication: social motives and social context.

      Cyberpsychology & behavior : the impact of the Internet, multimedia and virtual reality on behavior and society
      Adult, Affect, Communication, Female, Humans, Internet, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Motivation, Social Behavior, Social Environment

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          This study investigated the role of emoticons in computer-mediated communication (CMC). The study consisted of an online questionnaire about the social motives for emoticon use and an experimental part in which participants (N = 1,251) had to respond to short Internet chats. In these chats, the interaction partner (friend vs. stranger) and the valence of the context (positive vs. negative) were manipulated. Results showed that emoticons are mostly used to express emotion, to strengthen a message, and to express humor. Furthermore, more emoticons were used in communication with friends than in communication with strangers, and more emoticons were used in a positive context than in a negative context. Participants seem to use emoticons in a way similar to facial behavior in face-to-face communication with respect to social context and interaction partner.

          Related collections

          Author and article information

          Journal
          18275321
          10.1089/cpb.2007.9926

          Chemistry
          Adult,Affect,Communication,Female,Humans,Internet,Interpersonal Relations,Male,Motivation,Social Behavior,Social Environment

          Comments

          Comment on this article