Emoticon

As a supervisor, I learned a teacher can enhance a class’s learning experience simply by movement which stimulates student attentiveness. Although, the teachers I have observed are instructing via a cyber platform (Blackboard Collaborate), many parallels can be drawn between the cyber and brick and mortar settings. The observations of Teacher A (English 10: Chapter 12 To Kill a Mocking Bird Review) and Teacher B (English 10: Historical/Cultural Significance of To Kill a Mocking Bird) focused on…

Assignment 2: Constructing Arguments Part 1: Questions 1. John Humphry’s is a Welsh Journalist and Broadcaster. He was a presenter for the Nine o’clock news, BBC News and BBC Radio. He is also the host of the BBC television show Mastermind. He is known to be quite persistent as a journalist. David Crystal is a British Linguistics Professor at the University of Wales. Many of his works are on the subject of language. Currently he works as a writer and lecturer. He has also been a presenter on…

take it a step further and consider marriage. I, sometimes, relate to such connections, which are not necessarily romantic, even via modern texting and emailing. These emotions and deep connections, to me, are determined by things such as usage of emoticons, to the insinuation of the text itself. “Frances and Bernard”, like any typical couple in a classic, face troubles within their relationships, whether it is their family and friends disapproving their choices, or initially struggling to…

the pizza place would mean awkward conversation with a complete stranger. Then you remember! Thanks to your cell phone that is already in your hand, the entire situation can be avoided. All you have to do is send a direct message containing a pizza emoticon to the pizza delivery store and confirm your order through Twitter (Figure 1)! This scenario is just one…

With social networking emerging at the forefront of a new era for interpersonal communication it also brings with it new questions about nonverbal communication associated with the use of social networks. A study conducted in 2014 by Fleuriet, Cole, and Guerrero of Arizona State University (p. 429) allows us insight into our real life reactions to nonverbal cues and communication that we interact with while on a social network. This paper will explain the procedures followed by the researchers…

ignored, classifiers predicting sentiment are known to benefit with the addition of the neutral class. This task has of sentiment analysis can also classify human mood such as angry, happy or sad. Read (2005) and Go et al. (2009) consider the usage of emoticons (such as :) and :-/) to predict sentiment of the text from Usenet newsgroups and Twitter using a dataset of positive and negative…

created text message symbols as a sort of shorthand to make texting easier and faster. Most symbols make sense, and have become a mainstay in texting language.. Emoticons use symbols to present the emotions and mood of the texter (Beasley, 2009). This can be used to show or let them know the texter’s intention. You may choose to send emoticons to express your mood or add some humor or personality to a message rather than typing out an…

Under the advanced technology, the function of verbal communication has been replaced by the invention of immediate messaging apps, such as Whatsapp, for smartphone. Communication gradually becomes a one way channel, through message or emoticon, instead of two way communication with instant feedback. Therefore, people may feel alone easily because they always stay alone with their own smartphone. According to Coughlan (2011), the majority of the population who suffer from loneliness is…

Understanding Why Things Catch On Berger in his book “Contagious: Why Things Catch On” explains how a product can be made popular. He explains the ideas and facts that make a product more favored than another similar one. In real life especially in the marketing sector, some brands, rumors and stories about some products are contagious. This infectious ability tends to boost how that product finds its way into the advertising sector but not because of the perfect advertising strategies the…

Have you heard about ‘Kidult’? ‘Kidult’ is a combination of the words kid and adult and it refers to adults with interest traditionally seen as children. It can also have other meanings, such as a parent who enjoys being a parent due to spending quality time with their children, but is reluctant to lay down the law or handle the more serious aspects of parenthood. In July, the kidult fair took place at the Coex in Seoul. It is a Korea's representative kidult fair which introduces and exhibits…