Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention

Here we present two studies that investigate the use of emoticons in clarifying message intent. We look at sarcasm in particular, which can be especially hard to interpret correctly in written communication. In both studies, participants were required to make the intentions of their messages clear....

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Main Authors: Thompson, Dominic, Filik, Ruth
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Published: Wiley 2016
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description Here we present two studies that investigate the use of emoticons in clarifying message intent. We look at sarcasm in particular, which can be especially hard to interpret correctly in written communication. In both studies, participants were required to make the intentions of their messages clear. In the first, they clarified the meaning of existing sentences without altering the wording; in the second, they produced their own sentences. Results provided clear evidence that tongue and wink emoticons are the principal indicators of sarcastic intent, and that ellipsis is associated more with criticism, rather than with sarcasm. These findings highlight the significant role emoticons play in clarifying message intention, compensating for the absence of non-verbal cues in written communication
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spelling nottingham-323772020-05-04T20:05:42Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32377/ Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention Thompson, Dominic Filik, Ruth Here we present two studies that investigate the use of emoticons in clarifying message intent. We look at sarcasm in particular, which can be especially hard to interpret correctly in written communication. In both studies, participants were required to make the intentions of their messages clear. In the first, they clarified the meaning of existing sentences without altering the wording; in the second, they produced their own sentences. Results provided clear evidence that tongue and wink emoticons are the principal indicators of sarcastic intent, and that ellipsis is associated more with criticism, rather than with sarcasm. These findings highlight the significant role emoticons play in clarifying message intention, compensating for the absence of non-verbal cues in written communication Wiley 2016 Article PeerReviewed Thompson, Dominic and Filik, Ruth (2016) Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication . ISSN 1083-6101 emoticons irony sarcasm text messaging CMC language production pragmatics http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcc4.12156/full doi:10.1111/jcc4.12156 doi:10.1111/jcc4.12156
spellingShingle emoticons
irony
sarcasm
text messaging
CMC
language production
pragmatics
Thompson, Dominic
Filik, Ruth
Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
title Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
title_full Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
title_fullStr Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
title_full_unstemmed Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
title_short Sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
title_sort sarcasm in written communication: emoticons are efficient markers of intention
topic emoticons
irony
sarcasm
text messaging
CMC
language production
pragmatics
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