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Emojis 'Just Another Way To Miscommunicate': Article Analysis

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In the informative article Emojis: Just another way to miscommunicate?, Rochelle Olson tells the reader about how our modern uses for “emojis” could be the cause of a lot of mishap and mistakes. On its own, it is normal for people to react to the same face, differently, add in 10 different faces, and you have a mess. “On the -5 to +5 scale, researchers found that the sender and receiver will differ an average of 2.04 points in terms of reaction to the emoji — when the image is translated across platforms.” (Olson, 1) This means that when you send a blushing smiley face, the receiver may not be perceiving it as a positive message, like you’d wished for. This could cause a dilemma for people who are avid emoji users, as one might be put in during
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