US EditionEmoji Science: How a Smiley Face Can Bring Your Texts to Life
UNITED STATES, JUL 2 – A University of Texas study with 260 adults found emojis increase perceived partner responsiveness, boosting closeness and relationship satisfaction in various interpersonal connections.
- On July 2, 2025, researchers from the University of Texas published findings in PLOS One investigating how the inclusion of emojis in digital conversations influences individuals’ impressions of attentiveness and their overall contentment within relationships.
- The study was motivated by the fact that text-based interactions miss many face-to-face emotional signals, leading researchers to investigate whether emojis function as emotional indicators that strengthen interpersonal connections.
- The experiment involved 260 adults who evaluated messages that only differed by emoji presence, finding messages with emojis rated as more responsive and emotionally engaging.
- Author Eun Huh explained that emojis enhance how partners perceive emotional engagement, which in turn strengthens relationship satisfaction; notably, it is the use of emojis in general, rather than specific types, that fosters a sense of closeness.
- This research implies that emojis enhance digital relational dynamics by compensating for communication gaps and increasing feelings of emotional involvement and satisfaction.
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Emojis are icons or ideograms implemented by some people to represent ideas, emotions or objects through social networks or instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp.Over the years, the use of these small electronic images, created from the combination of several keyboard characters, became a popular trend because it helps express some facial gestures.According to research conducted by the University of Texas, in the United States, users who …
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