TY  - JOUR
TI  - Using Emojis:Self-Presentation and DifferentMeaning Creation Approaches
AB  - Nowadays visuality is increasing. One of the remarkable de-velopments in 2015 was that the emoji ‘’, 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. Emo-jis 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 uni-versal 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’ us-age. This qualitative study uses semi-structured in-depth interview technique. 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.
AU  - Onursoy, Sibel
DO  - 10.16878/gsuilet.500954
PY  - 2018
JO  - İleti-ş-im
VL  - 29
IS  - 29
SN  - 1305-2411
SP  - 279
EP  - 300
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/392629
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