So, if you’re happy and you (want other people to) know it, keep those smiley emojis comin’. This is true for both positive and negative messages: Positive messages with correlating emojis (like smileys and heart eyes) and negative messages with negative emojis (like a sad face) “magnify their perceived emotional intensity,” according to the authors of the study. “They want to make sure that the positivity of the message comes through, and depending on the emojis used, they want to show their creativity and playfulness,” Jones says of frequent emoji users.Īs you’re messaging, peppering in related emojis can help you get your point across: A study published by researchers at the University of Ottawa in Volume 119 of Computers in Human Behavior in June 2021 concluded that “congruent emojis enhance comprehension of text messages.” (Jones was not a part of this study.) This means that using plenty of relevant emojis in your messages helps the receiver better understand what you’re trying to say - and the person on the other end may even comprehend the message more quickly. She says people process emojis similarly to facial expressions, so starting an interaction with an objectively positive emoji, like a smiley face, primes the receiver of the message for a positive interaction. Jones researches the psychological aspects of emojis, looking at differences in how individuals and groups use them, how they’re positively or negatively perceived, and the interpretation of an emoji’s intended meaning. And no, it’s not just people-pleasing for the sake of avoiding confrontation - using emojis in messages can actually help you make your points more effectively. “People who are rated higher in agreeableness use more emojis in general,” Lara Jones, associate professor of psychology at Wayne State University, tells Elite Daily. Yes, emojis brighten up a message and make endless lines of text more readable, but they also reveal something about the person who sent them. Is a text thread really a text thread without a few smiley face emojis? IMHO, the answer is no - and I’ve got scientific research on my side.
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