Cross-Cultural Comparison of Nonverbal Cues in Emoticons on Twitter: EVIDENCE from Big Data Analysis

Journal of Communication

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 333-354

  Park, Jaram ^a   Baek, Young Min ^b   Cha, Meeyoung ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; CULTURE; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84898903500     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12086     Document Type: Article

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