A systematic review of emoji: Current research and future perspectives

Q Bai, Q Dan, Z Mu, M Yang - Frontiers in psychology, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
A growing body of research explores emoji, which are visual symbols in computer mediated
communication (CMC). In the 20 years since the first set of emoji was released, research on …

Emoballoon-conveying emotional arousal in text chats with speech balloons

T Aoki, R Chujo, K Matsui, S Choi… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
Text chat applications are an integral part of daily social and professional communication.
However, messages sent over text chat applications do not convey vocal or nonverbal …

Iconate: Automatic compound icon generation and ideation

N Zhao, NW Kim, LM Herman, H Pfister… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - dl.acm.org
Compound icons are prevalent on signs, webpages, and infographics, effectively conveying
complex and abstract concepts, such as" no smoking" and" health insurance", with simple …

Education during the pandemic: Technology-based solutions

M Lata, A Gupta - Stakeholder strategies for reducing the impact of …, 2021‏ - igi-global.com
The lockdown situation has hampered the learning processes to a large extent across the
globe. Many educational institutes promptly adapted to the situation and moved towards …

Communicative functions of emoji sequences in the context of self-presentation: A comparative study of Weibo and Twitter users

J Ge-Stadnyk - Discourse & Communication, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Focusing on Weibo (a Chinese Microblogging site) and Twitter, this study adopts computer-
mediated discourse analysis to examine how influencers use emoji sequences when …

VibEmoji: Exploring user-authoring multi-modal emoticons in social communication

P An, Z Zhou, Q Liu, Y Yin, L Du, DY Huang… - Proceedings of the 2022 …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
Emoticons are indispensable in online communications. With users' growing needs for more
customized and expressive emoticons, recent messaging applications begin to support …

Voicemoji: Emoji entry using voice for visually impaired people

MR Zhang, R Wang, X Xu, Q Li, A Sharif… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - dl.acm.org
Keyboard-based emoji entry can be challenging for people with visual impairments: users
have to sequentially navigate emoji lists using screen readers to find their desired emojis …

“I need to be professional until my new team uses emoji, GIFs, or memes first'': New Collaborators' Perspectives on Using Non-Textual Communication in Virtual …

E Shandilya, M Fan, GW Tigwell - … of the 2022 CHI Conference on …, 2022‏ - dl.acm.org
Virtual workspaces rapidly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for many new
collaborators, working remotely was their first introduction to their colleagues. Building …

Are emojis processed visuo-spatially or verbally? Evidence for dual codes

LA Homann, BRT Roberts, S Ahmed… - Visual …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
While some argue that emojis are processed like words, opponents note dissimilarities. We
used a divided attention (DA) technique to examine whether memory for emojis, relative to …

EmojiChat: Toward Designing Emoji-Driven Social Interaction in VR Museums

L Shen, X Wang, S Li, LH Lee, M Fan… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Museums have traditionally been places of learning, evolving into spaces that also facilitate
socializing. This shift is particularly evident in virtual reality (VR) museums, which have …