Putting Your Best Face Forward: How Instructor Emoji Use Influences Students' Impressions of Credibility, Immediacy, and Liking

Autor/inn/en	Vareberg, Kyle R.; Vogt, Olivia; Berndt, Maranda
Titel	Putting Your Best Face Forward: How Instructor Emoji Use Influences Students' Impressions of Credibility, Immediacy, and Liking
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 28 (2023) 5, S.6075-6092 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-022-11421-w
Schlagwörter	Students; Teachers; Communication (Thought Transfer); Student Attitudes; Electronic Mail; Computer Mediated Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Visual Aids; Emotional Response; Credibility; Teacher Student Relationship; Social Cognition; Competence; Trust (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Schülerverhalten; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Computerkonferenz; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Anschauungsmaterial; Emotionales Verhalten; Glaubwürdigkeit; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Soziale Kognition; Kompetenz
Abstract	This project explores the impacts of emojis on students' impressions when used in a course welcome email. We adopt a 4 x 3 factorial design to determine how different emojis (i.e., [winking face emoji], [face-with-tears-of-joy emoji], [tongue-sticking-out face emoji]) impact students' impressions of credibility, immediacy, and liking. Data from students (N = 368) indicates emoji choice does impact impressions. Consistently, instructors' emoji use resulted in decreased perceived competence and trustworthiness but increased perceived caring, immediacy, and liking. Findings have implications for instructors who engage in technologically-mediated out-of-class communication and want to strengthen early student-instructor relationships. Limitations and future directions are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01