ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理科学进展 ›› 2022, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 1062-1077.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2022.01062

• 研究前沿 • 上一篇    下一篇

Emoji图像符号的社交功能及应用

靳宇倡1, 邓成龙1, 吴平1, 林茜1, 郑佩璇2, 安俊秀3()   

  1. 1四川师范大学心理学院, 成都 610066
    2阿拉巴马大学运动人体科学系, 阿拉巴马州塔斯卡卢萨 35401, 美国
    3成都信息工程大学软件工程学院, 成都 610025
  • 收稿日期:2021-07-12 出版日期:2022-05-15 发布日期:2022-03-24
  • 通讯作者: 安俊秀 E-mail:anjunxiu@cuit.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家社科基金(21BSH016);教育部人文社科规划基金项目(20YJA880023);2019年四川省社科规划“重点研究基地重大项目”(SC19EZD052);四川师范大学“双重”培育项目(2021-SZPY-04)

Emoji image symbol’s social function and application

JIN Yuchang1, DENG Chenglong(), WU Ping1, LIN Xi, ZHENG Peixuan1, AN Junxiu1   

  1. 1College of Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
    2Department of Kinesiology, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA
    3College of Software Engineering, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China
  • Received:2021-07-12 Online:2022-05-15 Published:2022-03-24
  • Contact: DENG Chenglong,LIN Xi E-mail:anjunxiu@cuit.edu.cn

摘要:

Emoji是一种从最初模仿挪用日式动漫符号, 到后来日益扩展其使用范围的图像符号体系。自从1999年Shegetaka Kurita创造Emoji以来, Emoji不断获得充实和发展, 目前已成为数字交流中代替肢体动作、面部表情等非语言线索的主要形式, 并成为全球普遍使用的交流工具。Emoji本身具有有趣、形象、生动和幽默等特点, 在网络交流中具有表达情感、加强表达、改变语气、维持或增进人际关系等功能。同时, 其使用会受到性别、文化、语境和平台等因素的影响。目前, 随着Emoji的不断发展和广泛使用, 其应用范围已经扩展至网络交流之外的心理测量、商业营销、法律判决以及情感分析等领域, 具有广泛的应用和研究价值。未来可以从以下几个方面进一步深入研究:(1)进一步探索Emoji在网络交流中的应用和未来发展趋势; (2)加大对Emoji在其他领域中应用情况的进一步研究; (3)更加深入探索Emoji的神经生理机制; (4)从认知加工角度来探讨Emoji在网络交流中的积极效果。

关键词: Emoji, 网络交流, 作用, 影响因素, 应用范围

Abstract:

Nowadays, with the rapid development of the Internet, online communication has become increasingly popular and popular. However, due to the lack of nonverbal cues in face-to-face communication, it is difficult for people to detect the emotional state of each other, which hinders normal communication. Emoji, which compensate for nonverbal cues in online communication, have been introduced into cyberspace to compensate for the absence of gestures and facial attributes in online communication, and have been developing constantly. The development of Emojis has gone through Emoticon composed of ASCII characters, Emoji of pictographic icons and now emerging more vivid and interesting stickers. This paper will mainly comb, analyze and summarize the functions, influencing factors and interaction mechanisms of Emoji in network communication, as well as the current application of Emoji in different fields, and put forward the future research direction of Emoji based on the current research status of Emoji.
At the beginning, Emoji is borrowed from Japanese animation symbols, and gradually developed into a widely used image symbol system. Since the creation of Emoji by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999, it has been enriched and developed continuously At present, Emoji has become a tool commonly used around the world to replace non-verbal cues such as body gestures and facial expressions in digital communication. In the process of continuous use in Internet communication, Emoji has been equipped with many functions, including expressing emotions, enhancing expression, changing tone, maintaining or enhancing interpersonal relationship, etc. At the same time, the use of Emoji is also affected by many factors, including age, gender, culture, context and platform. In addition, we also explore the interactive mechanism of Emoji in online communication from the perspective of symbol interaction theory, so as to clearly reveal the specific interaction process of people in online communication through Emoji.
At present, with the continuous development and widespread use of Emoji, its application scope has been extended to many other fields besides Internet communication. In the field of sentiment analysis, Emoji has become an important object of sentiment analysis due to its rich emotions. In psychometrics, Emoji has been developed into a nonverbal tool for evaluating personality and depression which has the same reliability and validity as text items. In the field of commercial marketing, Emoji has begun to play a role in advertising marketing and attracting consumers, and can measure consumers' food-related emotions in the form of questionnaires. In the field of legal judgment, Emoji has gradually become a powerful evidence in judicial trials due to its widespread use. Through the above analysis and summary, we put forward the future research direction of Emoji from the following aspects: (1) explore the application and future development trend of Emoji in online communication; (2) study on the application of Emoji in other fields; (3) further explore the neurophysiological mechanism of Emoji; (4) discuss the positive effect of Emoji in online communication from the perspective of cognitive processing.

Key words: Emoji, online communication, functions, influence factors, range of application