Analysis of the Differences of Emoticons in Intercultural Online Communication

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211025.041How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Intercultural communication, Emoticons, Social media, Online communication

Abstract

With the popularization of the online social media, the communication of various cultures in the world is becoming closer, and the use of emoticons is becoming much more frequent. Among them, there are not only emoji, a traditional emoticon, but also Animoji and “Biaoqingbao”, which have sprung up in recent years. All kinds of emoticons are transmitted in the online world, but the differences then come forth obviously. This paper uses text analysis, comparing emoticons used in various countries, proposes to conclude how emoticons differ on the social media including the production, usage and comprehension. Because of the differences of way of thinking, language mechanism, culture and social media preference, Easterners and Westerners prefer using different forms of emoticons in different ways, and they also understand the meanings differently. Hence, for the sake of better intercultural online communication, people have to respect others from different cultures of both nations and social media, as try to use acknowledged and simple emoticons.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hanyu Cao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/26
TI  - Analysis of the Differences of Emoticons in Intercultural Online Communication
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 253
EP  - 258
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211025.041
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.041
ID  - Cao2021
ER  -