@article{article_500954, title={Using Emojis: Self-Presentation and Different Meaning Creation Approaches}, journal={Galatasaray Üniversitesi İletişim Dergisi}, pages={279–300}, year={2018}, DOI={10.16878/gsuilet.500954}, url={https://izlik.org/JA57HH68RB}, author={Onursoy, Sibel}, keywords={Social Media,emoji,visual literacy,self-expression}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt;line-height:150%;"> <i> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Nowadays visuality is increasing.
One of the remarkable developments in 2015 was that the emoji </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> ‘ </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Segoe UI Emoji’, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-us">😂 </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">’,
the smiley with tears of happiness- was chosen the “word of the year” although it
was just a pictogram, not even a word. This situation clearly shows that there
is an increasing demand for new visual forms of writing. </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Emojis allow people from different language and culture backgrounds to
communicate more effectively and initiate interactions when it is needed. It is
believed that emoji codes might function like a universal language that is
likely to solve potential misunderstandings experienced in intercultural
communication. In one way it might be considered a sort of development in technology,
or the other it is just a temporary crazy novelty brought by the Internet. This
study mainly aims to explain the dimensions and importance of the emojis’ usage.
This qualitative study uses <a> <font color="#000000">semi-structured in-depth interview technique </font> </a> </span> </i> <i> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">. <span>People
tend to employ a sort of expressive use through “emotion laborer” emojis while
presenting themselves. Emojis are traces of the transition from instrumentalism
to expressionism. </span> </span> </i> </p> <p> <i> </i> </p> <i> </i> <div> <div> <div class="msocomtxt"> <p class="MsoCommentText"> <br /> </p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="msocomtxt"> </div> </div> </div>}, number={29}