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Emoji use in social media posts: relationships with personality traits and word usage.
Kennison, Shelia M; Fritz, Kameryn; Hurtado Morales, Maria Andrea; Chan-Tin, Eric.
Afiliación
  • Kennison SM; Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
  • Fritz K; Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
  • Hurtado Morales MA; Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
  • Chan-Tin E; Department of Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Front Psychol ; 15: 1343022, 2024.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38375105
ABSTRACT
Prior research has demonstrated relationships between personality traits of social media users and the language used in their posts. Few studies have examined whether there are relationships between personality traits of users and how they use emojis in their social media posts. Emojis are digital pictographs used to express ideas and emotions. There are thousands of emojis, which depict faces with expressions, objects, animals, and activities. We conducted a study with two samples (n = 76 and n = 245) in which we examined how emoji use on X (formerly Twitter) related to users' personality traits and language use in posts. Personality traits were assessed from participants in an online survey. With participants' consent, we analyzed word usage in posts. Word frequencies were calculated using the Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC). In both samples, the results showed that those who used the most emojis had the lowest levels of openness to experience. Emoji use was unrelated to the other personality traits. In sample 1, emoji use was also related to use of words related to family, positive emotion, and sadness and less frequent use of articles and words related to insight. In sample 2, more frequent use of emojis in posts was related to more frequent use of you pronouns, I pronouns, and more frequent use of negative function words and words related to time. The results support the view that social media users' characteristics may be gleaned from the content of their social media posts.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Suiza

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Front Psychol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Suiza