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  • Adolescent Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Adolescents predominantly use text-based messaging for communication, including seeking emotional support.
  • Emojis are crucial for conveying emotion in text due to the absence of nonverbal cues.
  • Research on emoji use in adult communication is more extensive than in adolescent populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the pragmatic functions of emoji use in adolescents with those in adults.
  • To understand the semantic meanings of emojis as used by adolescents.
  • To explore how adolescents interpret and utilize emojis in digital communication.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted web-based focus groups with adolescent participants.
  • Utilized constant comparative coding to analyze focus group transcripts.
  • Examined adolescent responses to questions about emoji use and interpretation.

Main Results:

  • Four main themes emerged: emojis as humorous/absurd, insincere/complex, straightforward sentiment, or context-dependent.
  • Adolescents' emoji use functions similarly to adults' but is perceived as more complex.
  • Adolescents reported using emojis for phatic communication in absurd ways and emotive communication sarcastically.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent emoji use shares pragmatic functions with adult use, particularly regarding semantic flexibility and context-dependence.
  • Adolescents perceive their emoji use as more nuanced and complex than adults do.
  • Findings inform adults communicating with adolescents and researchers studying adolescent digital communication.