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                                                                <journal-id>mjss</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">1694-7215</issn>
                                                                                                        <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.33206/mjss.1714700</article-id>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="en">
                                                            <subject>Media Studies</subject>
                                                            <subject>Social Media Studies</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Basın Çalışmaları</subject>
                                                            <subject>Sosyal Medya Çalışmaları</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Comparing Emoji Usage Habits: A Study on University Students</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Emoji Kullanım Alışkanlıklarının Karşılaştırılması: Üniversite Öğrencileri Üzerinde Bir Çalışma</trans-title>
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                                                    <contrib-group content-type="authors">
                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5595-5726</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çiftçi</surname>
                                    <given-names>Hasan</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7235-4671</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Yolcu</surname>
                                    <given-names>Pelin</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>DİCLE ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260428">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>28</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>15</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>574</fpage>
                                        <lpage>585</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250605">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>05</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260217">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>17</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2001, MANAS Journal of Social Studies</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2001</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>MANAS Journal of Social Studies</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                                                <abstract><p>Communication has been the most basic need of human beings since their existence. People have chosen different ways to communicate and have developed their own communication methods. In history, people have communicated by making indistinct sounds, making hand-arm gestures, and drawing pictures on cave walls. It is thought that the pictures and figures drawn on cave walls in history are the ancestors of today&#039;s emoji use. The rapid development of mass communication technologies has also allowed the emergence of virtual indicators called emoji. The main purpose of this research is to examine the emoji usage habits of university students in terms of the students&#039; socio-demographic characteristics.study group consists of 405 university students. The data of the study were collected by face-to-face survey method using the &quot;Emoji Usage Habits&quot; scale prepared by Bilge R. (2020). Statistical analyzes of the data were made using the SPSS 26.0 program. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was applied to examine the normality distribution of numerical variables and normal distribution was obtained. Parametric tests were used in the data set. Frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values were used in the analysis of descriptive statistics. University students&#039; emoji usage habits play a very effective role in communication. The use of emojis is increasing among young people, middle-aged people and even elderly individuals. It is seen that emojis, which are gradually replacing emotions and expressions, are on their way to becoming an effective communication tool in the future.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>İletişim kurmak insanoğlunun varoluşundan bugüne en gerekli ihtiyaç olarak ön plana çıkmaktadır. Kişiler farklı yollarla iletişim kurma yolu seçmiş ve kendilerince bir iletişim yöntemi geliştirmiştir. Tarihte insanlar belli belirsiz sesler çıkararak, el kol hareketleri ile, mağara duvarlarına resimler çizerek iletişim kurmuşlardır. Tarihte mağara duvarlarına çizilen resim ve figürlerin günümüzde emoji kullanımının atası olduğu düşünülmektedir. Kitle iletişim teknolojilerinin hızla gelişmesi emoji adı verilen sanal göstergelerin de meydana çıkmasına olanak sağlamıştır. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı, Üniversite öğrencilerinde emoji kullanım alışkanlıklarını öğrencilerin sosyo-demografik özellikleri bakımından incelemektir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu üniversite öğrencilerinden olmak üzere 405 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri Bilge R. (2020) tarafından hazırlanan “Emoji Kullanım Alışkanlıkları” ölçeği kullanılarak yüz yüze anket yöntemiyle yapılmıştır. Verilerin istatistiksel analizleri SPSS 26.0 programı kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Sayısal değişkenlerin normallik dağılımlarına bakmak için Kolmogorov-Smirnov testi uygulanmış ve normal dağılım elde edilmiştir. Veri setinde parametrik testler kullanılmıştır. Tanımlayıcı istatistiklerin çözümlenmesinde de frekans, yüzde, aritmetik ortalama, standart sapma, minimum ve maksimum değerlerden faydalanılmıştır. Üniversite öğrencilerinin emoji kullanım alışkanlıkları iletişim kurmada çok etkili bir rol üstlenmektedir. Gençlerde, orta yaşta olan kişilerde hatta yaşlı bireylerde bile emoji kullanımı artış göstermektedir. Duyguların ve ifadelerin yerini gün geçtikçe alan emojiler ilerleyen zamanlarda etkin bir iletişim aracı olabilme yolunda olarak görülmektedir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
                                                                                                                    <kwd-group>
                                                    <kwd>Communication</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Social Media</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Emoji</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Emoji Usage</kwd>
                                            </kwd-group>
                                                        
                                                                                                                                    <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>İletişim</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sosyal Medya</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Emoji</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Emoji Kullanımı</kwd>
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