Essays about: "Graphicons"

Found 1 essay containing the word Graphicons.

  1. 1. Twitch and emotes : A study on the utilization of graphicons in synchronous environments

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Ibrahim Goulom; [2022]
    Keywords : CMC; Graphicons; Emojis; Emoticons; Emotes; Twitch; Synchronous; Corpus; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse; Discourse community; Live Discourse Community;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the use of emotes in a synchronous environment where hundreds to thousands of people communicate with each other in different discourse communities. The thesis performs a study on emote use based on the frequencies they are used and their different CMC features in these communities to acquire knowledge on the contextual basis of emote use in synchronous environments. READ MORE