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FIP - journal of finance and law, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2013.

Review article

EMOTICONS

Maja Katarina Tomić
Marijana Marinez
Tedo Vrbanec

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Abstract

“Emoticon (“icon mood“) is used in Instant Messaging. Nowadays it is
unthinkable to write messages without emoticons whose function is to display the mood
or facial expression of sender. Emotion is often used to alert recipients of the message to
the real meaning of the message and may improve interpretation of plain text. Emoticons
help compensate for the nonverbal aspect of communication in the virtual world of instant
messages. This paper reviews styles that are now in use in the world, the history of
origin of emoticons and their property rights.

Keywords

emoticons; history of emoticons; emoticon styles; possibilities of emoticon use in Instant Messaging

Hrčak ID:

155923

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155923

Publication date:

2.12.2013.

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