Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji

Undergraduate students, who are digital native, are keen on using emoji (smileys and ideograms) frequently to express themselves emotionally in their digital communication such as WhatsApp Messenger. Nevertheless, sometimes, they got into misunderstanding due to the different emoji's interpreta...

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Main Authors:	Subashini Annamalai, Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/1/22621-71438-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-115982018-04-30T00:19:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/ Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji Subashini Annamalai, Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam, Undergraduate students, who are digital native, are keen on using emoji (smileys and ideograms) frequently to express themselves emotionally in their digital communication such as WhatsApp Messenger. Nevertheless, sometimes, they got into misunderstanding due to the different emoji's interpretation between the sender and the recipient. Research investigating emoji is still relatively new and this study discusses the diverse interpretations of WhatsApp emoji specifically the smileys among Malaysian undergraduates in a public university. This study attempted to investigate 210 undergraduates' interpretations of 75 smiley (face-like) meanings in WhatsApp Messenger. The respondents were asked to give feedback in self-administrated survey questionnaire to gather information on their interpretation of the smileys used in WhatsApp. A descriptive analysis was conducted on the students' interpretations and the findings disclosed that although the students interpreted a few smileys correctly, they did not know the intended meaning of most of the smileys correctly. The results of this study suggested that the students should know the meaning of the smiley/ emoji used in their digital conversation to able to understand its intended use and to avoid miscommunication in their digital communication. For WhatsApp users, the findings will be beneficial to emphasize the need to understand the emoji's intended meaning for future tolerant and wiser use. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/1/22621-71438-1-PB.pdf Subashini Annamalai, and Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam, (2017) Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji. Jurnal Komunikasi ; Malaysian Journal of Communication, 33 (4). pp. 89-103. ISSN 0128-1496 http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1025
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description	Undergraduate students, who are digital native, are keen on using emoji (smileys and ideograms) frequently to express themselves emotionally in their digital communication such as WhatsApp Messenger. Nevertheless, sometimes, they got into misunderstanding due to the different emoji's interpretation between the sender and the recipient. Research investigating emoji is still relatively new and this study discusses the diverse interpretations of WhatsApp emoji specifically the smileys among Malaysian undergraduates in a public university. This study attempted to investigate 210 undergraduates' interpretations of 75 smiley (face-like) meanings in WhatsApp Messenger. The respondents were asked to give feedback in self-administrated survey questionnaire to gather information on their interpretation of the smileys used in WhatsApp. A descriptive analysis was conducted on the students' interpretations and the findings disclosed that although the students interpreted a few smileys correctly, they did not know the intended meaning of most of the smileys correctly. The results of this study suggested that the students should know the meaning of the smiley/ emoji used in their digital conversation to able to understand its intended use and to avoid miscommunication in their digital communication. For WhatsApp users, the findings will be beneficial to emphasize the need to understand the emoji's intended meaning for future tolerant and wiser use.
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author_facet	Subashini Annamalai, Sobihatun Nur Abdul Salam,
author_sort	Subashini Annamalai,
title	Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji
title_short	Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji
title_full	Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji
title_fullStr	Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji
title_full_unstemmed	Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji
title_sort	undergraduates' interpretation on whatsapp smiley emoji
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11598/1/22621-71438-1-PB.pdf
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Undergraduates' interpretation on WhatsApp smiley emoji

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