What it communicates, above all, is the hopeless unhipness of its sender. I use it anyway, mostly out of habit but also ...

The use of emojis in text messaging improves perceived responsiveness and thereby enhances closeness and relationship ...

The winner for the Most Popular New Emoji in 2024 was the head shaking horizontally (🙂‍↔️) followed by the head shaking ...

Using the digital representations of emotions and ideas in text and social media messages boosts closeness and relationship ...

New study shows emojis boost how caring and responsive you seem—helping friendships thrive, even through text.

Using the wrong emoji at work can shift the meaning of your message. Staying curious about tone and generational preferences ...

A new study has shown that when it comes to developing closeness in your relationships, the emoji you send in your texts are ...

From a simple thumbs up to a laughing cowboy, there is an emoji for almost any conceivable moment. But it is the humble smiley face which is the most iconic of them all. However, if you've been ...

It may not be a word by the strictest definition – but the emoji commonly known as “face with tears of joy” has been named the “Word” of the Year for 2015 by Oxford Dictionaries.

The emoji can suggest that you’re going to put a brave face on when things start to go wrong. “I’ve got 45 minutes to finish this essay and still have 1,000 words to write…. 🫠” “My ...

To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.