The purpose of this study was to assess the presence and magnitude of gender differences
in privacy-seeking tendencies on social network sites (SNS). To do so, a meta-analytic …

New to online research? This book will give you the foundation you need to confidently
design and conduct a project using internet methods. First providing an overview of online …

Abstract Electronic Mediated Communication (EMC) has become highly prevalent in our
daily lives. Many of the communication formats used in EMC are text-based (eg, instant …

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of extant knowledge on emoji use in
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC). A compilation of 46 empirical studies published …

An online survey, the Understanding Emoji Survey, was conducted to assess how English-
speaking social media users interpret the pragmatic functions of emoji in examples adapted …

Text is one of the most prevalent types of digital data that people create as they go about
their lives. Digital footprints of people's language usage in social media posts were found to …

Emoji are an important substitute for non-verbal cues (such as facial expressions) in online
written communication. So far, however, little is known about individual differences …

Digital images of faces such as emoji in virtual communication have become increasingly
popular, but current research findings are inconsistent regarding their emotional effects on …

Computer-mediated communication allows people to communicate across several contexts
(eg, friends, professional settings) by using video-based or text-based channels. In the latter …

The development of information and communication technologies has provided a new non-
verbal channel to convey emotions using emoticons. Although a great diversity of emoticons …