- Tags:: #[[Strength Finder Theme: Communication]] [[Writing]] [[Linguistics]] - Last Updated: [[2020-12-07]] - Date Created: [[2020-09-16]] - Emojis have a few purposes in modern communication - They add some context and non-verbal communication to otherwise primarily verbal communication, such as online chat. They can somewhat make up for the lack of vocal tone, body language, and facial expression by providing additional cues as to the writer's intent. - They can act as shortcuts for longer concepts. For example, the fire emoji can effectively communicate the feeling of panic or stress in a concise way. - Emojis shift the tone away from business and towards a more casual and personal, and tihs may actually lead to increased engagement. Accordign to [[Emoji Trends in Business Messaging]], consumers are 4 times more likely to respond to an email that has emojis in it. - -  -  - From [[leave]] -  - In some cases, emojis can give additional information that their corresponding text cannot. For example, [[Lachie Cox]] used emoji to describe how his name was pronounced. -  -