Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

4-25-2024

Disciplines

Education | Psychology

Advisor

Catherine Bohn-Gettler

Abstract

In today’s modern age, texting and other forms of virtual communication are extremely prevalent, but still not completely understood. The goal of this study is to examine how a reader’s emotional state interacts with text message features to influence perceptions of sarcasm. This study includes different versions of text messages that can be perceived as negative or positive. Additionally, there are different sets of text messages that end with either an emoji (😉), an ellipsis (...), or a period (.). Findings from this study will help demonstrate the different characteristics of text messages (positive versus negative valence and features such as emojis versus ellipses) and participants’ emotionality that influence whether sarcasm is being used.

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