Emeritus Executive Director of the National Writing Project Richard Sterling believes that as the English language evolves some of these e-mail conventions may well become accepted practice. “Smiley creep” is already evident in studies that report that a quarter of students have used smiley faces in their schoolwork, as a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with the College Board’s National Commission on Writing discovered in 2008.Īnd about a third added that they had used text shortcuts like “LOL” for “laughing out loud” in their schoolwork. Yet as the global drums of chat beat louder, there’s no question that the use of emoticons will only grow. Not surprisingly, there are those who oppose the use of emoticons, like Mary Williams who describes the emoticon as “the rimshot of online communication” in her Nov. Each day, these little conversation helpers add a dash of humor, sadness, or spiciness to trillions of typed words.
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Smileys can unleash a torrent of emotions, as they’re designed to do. The sheer volume of these one-dimensional messages explains why we believe that the role the emoticon, or “smiley,” plays in electronic conversations is vastly misunderstood and undervalued. That figure is dwarfed by the estimated 269 billion e-mails sent daily in 2017 (PDF).
In 2008, 11 billion text messages were sent each day worldwide. Conversing via electronic means has exploded in the past decades.
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