The use of emoticons during correspondence between people is no longer just normal, but rather has imposed itself in conversation as a basic pillar, as users are now using them instead of even words.
However, some of them can fully reveal the user’s tendencies and feelings.
Pay attention.. a separation from the truth
A new study carried out by researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan confirmed that people who use happy emojis are cheerful, do so to hide their true feelings, and may use them to express themselves, according to Frontiers in Psychology.
The researchers wanted to investigate the link between the use of emojis and the management of emotions. The study watched about 1289 volunteers from Japan use these emojis in response to online conversations.
The participants, who were mostly female and between the ages of 11 and 26, reported the intensity of emotional expressions.
However, the results indicated that happy emojis are often used to hide negative feelings, and to manage conversations to make the message appear more positive, but in reality it is not.
I also found that using more negative emojis, such as a sad face, actually expresses negative emotions and is very powerful.
The experts also found that people were more likely to use positive emoticons when they were feeling negative emotions or when talking to people of higher status.
In turn, Moyo Liu, an emotional behavior expert at the University of Tokyo who led the research, explained that due to the proliferation of social networking sites, people are accustomed to embellishing their expressions and scrutinizing the appropriateness of their communication, warning that this leads us to lose touch with our true feelings, as he put it.
Liu also expressed concern that the increased frequency of online social contact will lead people to become more detached from their true feelings.
great importance
It is noteworthy that, given the importance of these “emoji” symbols in our daily lives, many studies have been conducted recently on what they are used for.
It recently emerged that the cry-to-laugh emoji and the smiley face are some of the emoticons that Gen Z people want to stop using, because they find the smiley face, for example, “a bit passive-aggressive.”
They also found that there are symbols that have inappropriate connotations, calling for not using them as well.
