ORIGINAL APPLICATION IS TO HAVE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF EMOTIONS AND EXPRESSIONS
- Morse code to express "love and kisses" (later reduced to the more formal "best regards")
- Abraham Lincoln speech written in 1862 contains "(applause and laughter)”
- note of cachinnation: it is written thus ‿ and presents a smiling mouth
- etc.
Resources:
“Emoticons”. WikiPedia. WikiPedia, Inc. nd. Web. 14 October 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon#History
Sa panahon ngayon… wala ng tiyak na application ang emoticons.. lahat depends dun sa gumagamit
Application of Emoticons
Survey says ...
To express emotion or react to a comment: Emoticons allow the consumer to see cues that the moderator might otherwise, if in person, express. It’s often easier and more personable to share a laugh with a smiley face or a winky face over text than it is to explain to the respondent that you understood their joke.
Survey result: Express/Clarify feelings /emotions –37 votes
To Beautify or sanitize conversation using fancy text: “Para mas cute”. Sometimes people use emoticon to produce designs that makes the conversation more enlightening and lively.
Prettify/ sanitize plain text – 8 votes
They help to make the moderator seem more human. It’s a way of showing the consumer that the moderator is letting down their guard. This makes the individual they are chatting with comfortable and the conversation flows more naturally.
Describes/infers tone/attitude of text – 7 votes
These symbols help create an environment where the discussion feels less formal. Softening the tone of a conversation with an emoticon often gives consumers the confidence they need to be more open and honest while answering the questions.
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