You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

In the early days of the internet, computer scientist Scott Fahlman ran into a problem on Carnegie Mellon University’s online bulletin boards. People used the bulletin boards — a kind of primitive ...

• It’s the second emoji Gen Z has killed this year • Emoji use is on the rise at work; here’s what you can use instead. Using the smiley face emoji with colleagues may not give off the impression ...

Have you ever typed out a text message using an emoji to express yourself, only to find out the emoji doesn't mean what you thought it meant? Like, sending a flirty text to a Tinder contact only to ...

Emotion is something that is incredibly difficult to get across in a digital format. Aside from ending your texts with “lol” to appear less threatening, or ending a tweet with “/s” to indicate sarcasm ...

Smiling at Gen Z? Better watch your back. What used to be the universal symbol of warmth and joy has taken a sinister turn — at least in the eyes of Gen Z. The classic smiley face emoji now means ...

It no longer represents joy, at least for your teen. Gen Z came after the crying laughing face emoji, but they also have some thoughts on the simple smiley face. So, if you're a parent who sends the ...