The following study examined emoji use in messages sent between friends. A researcher gave 60 adults the same ambiguous sentence, "That was clever," and ask...
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The following study examined emoji use in messages sent between friends. A researcher gave 60 adults the same ambiguous sentence, "That was clever," and asked them to choose an emoji that would make the intended meaning clear.
(a) Which meaning would a laughing emoji be most likely to add to the sentence: sincere praise or sarcasm? [1]
(b) Explain why the sentence is useful for investigating digital communication. [2]
(c) Use your knowledge of context to outline one reason why two friends may interpret the same emoji differently. [1]
Answer Details
(a) Sarcasm / joking criticism [1] (b) The words alone can have more than one meaning [1]; the emoji supplies non-verbal contextual information about the sender's intended emotion or tone [1] (c) Friends may have different past experiences, cultural knowledge, or private meanings for the emoji [1]
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