Perceived Usefulness of Emoticons, Emojis, and Stickers in Text Messaging

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shogo Kato ◽  
Yuuki Kato ◽  
Yasuyuki Ozawa
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Nonverbal Cues ◽  
Communicative Intent ◽  
Feature List ◽  
Detailed Feature

In text-based communication, which lacks nonverbal cues, various techniques for expressing communicative intent are now available. Most prominently used are emoticons, emojis, and stickers. Although previous studies have separately examined emoticons and emojis, few have compared their features, and also included comparison with stickers. The authors conducted a survey targeting 300 Japanese young adults to investigate the features of emoticons, emojis, and stickers from the viewpoint of their perceived usefulness. The authors also examined the effects of gender and text-messaging dependency on ratings of the perceived usefulness of these graphical symbols. This study revealed a detailed feature list for each type of symbol. The existence of characteristic roles for each type of symbol is discussed. This study also confirmed the effects of gender and text-messaging dependency on symbol usefulness ratings.

Exploring Potential Factors in Sticker Use Among Japanese Young Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Shogo Kato ◽  
Yuuki Kato ◽  
Yasuyuki Ozawa
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Nonverbal Cues ◽  
Potential Factors

In text-based communication, people can now use not only emoticons and emoji, but also graphical symbols called stickers. This study focused on the use of stickers in text-based communication. A questionnaire asking subjects to individually rate the perceived usefulness of 25 features of stickers was prepared and used in a survey targeting 211 Japanese college students. The authors then explored potential factors in the roles of stickers. The study revealed three potential roles of stickers: “easy transmission of subtle nuances and nonverbal cues,” “abundant and versatile expressions that can be substituted for text messages,” and “changing the topic, flow, or rationale of the interaction.” The authors examined the effects of gender and text messaging dependency on these roles. Results showed significant effects of dependency in all roles, but effects of gender were seen in only “abundant and versatile expressions that can be substituted for text messages.”

Perceptions of Mobile Instant Messaging Apps Are Comparable to Texting for Young Adults in the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 1235-1239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon K.T. Bailey ◽  
Bradford L. Schroeder ◽  
Daphne E. Whitmer ◽  
Valerie K. Sims
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
The United States

In recent years, text messaging (“texting”) has become the dominant method of communication for young adults. This prevalence of texting has led to research exploring the beneficial and detrimental behaviors associated with texting, indicating wide-ranging social and human factors implications. As texting continues to take precedence over other forms of communication and research begins to address texting behaviors, the question arises about whether people use other mobile instant messaging applications (“IM apps”) similarly. The current study expands on the research of texting behaviors by asking how similarly young adults view apps (e.g., WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, etc.) to texting. Results indicated that young adults in the United States use texting more frequently than text-based apps, but that these apps are viewed similarly to texting. The implication is that research addressing texting behaviors may apply to other forms of text-based communication; however, texting remains the most prominent mode of communication, justifying its own continued examination.

scholarly journals What Motivates Chinese Young Adults to Use mHealth?

Healthcare ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai-Ming To ◽  
Peter K. C. Lee ◽  
Jinxuan Lu ◽  
Junhao Wang ◽  
Yihan Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Communication Effectiveness ◽  
Perceived Ease Of Use ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Chinese Young Adults

mHealth is one of China’s national strategies that brings affordable, accessible, and convenient health care to its entire population, may they be in cities or rural areas. Although Chinese young adults are among the first to adopt mHealth, the factors influencing Chinese young adults to use mHealth are yet to be studied both empirically and in depth. This study explores the mechanism that determines Chinese young adults’ intention to use mHealth, based on an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The extended TAM was tested using responses from 486 Chinese young adults. The results showed that perceived usefulness strongly and significantly influenced people’s intention to use mHealth. Additionally, communication effectiveness, health consciousness, and perceived ease of use were found as significant factors influencing people’s intention to use mHealth through perceived usefulness. Distrust was not found to significantly influence people’s intention to use mHealth.

scholarly journals Image-Based Dietary Assessment and Tailored Feedback Using Mobile Technology: Mediating Behavior Change in Young Adults

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlene Shoneye ◽  
Satvinder Dhaliwal ◽  
Christina Pollard ◽  
Carol Boushey ◽  
Edward Delp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Nutrition Interventions ◽  
Text Messaging Intervention ◽  
Dietary Feedback

Assessing the implementation of nutrition interventions is important to identify characteristics and dietary patterns of individuals who benefit most. The aim was to report on young adults’ experiences of receiving dietary feedback text messaging intervention. Diet was captured using an image-based 4-day mobile food recordTM application (mFRTM) and assessed to formulate two tailored feedback text messages on fruit and vegetables and energy-dense nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods and beverages. At 6-months 143 participants completed a second mFRTM and a questionnaire evaluating the dietary feedback. Participants who agreed the text messages made them think about how much vegetables they ate were more likely to increase their intake by at least half a serve than those who disagreed [odds ratio (OR) = 4.28, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.76 to 10.39]. Those who agreed the text messages made them think about how much EDNP foods they ate, were twice as likely to decrease their intake by over half a serve (OR = 2.39, 95%CI: 1.12 to 5.25) than those who disagreed. Undertaking detailed dietary assessment ensured the tailored feedback was constructive and relevant. Personal contemplation about vegetable and EDNP food intake appears to be a mediator of dietary change in young adults.

scholarly journals Pilot study to inform young adults about the risks of electronic cigarettes through text messaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 100224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen S. Calabro ◽  
Georges E. Khalil ◽  
Minxing Chen ◽  
Cheryl L. Perry ◽  
Alexander V. Prokhorov
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes

Financial Experiences, Beliefs, and Near Field Communication Based Mobile Payments Among Young Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Haidong Zhao ◽  
Lini Zhang ◽  
Sophia Anong
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Mobile Payment ◽  
Near Field Communication ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Mobile Payments ◽  
Intention To Adopt ◽  
Nfc Mobile Payment

This study examined a conceptual model on the intention to adopt NFC-based mobile payment that incorporates financial experiences and beliefs. NFC refers to Near Field Communication, a new technology in mobile payments. From an online experimental survey of 463 U.S. young adults, this research found consumers who used cards among their payment methods as opposed to cash-only were less likely to adopt NFC mobile payment. Previous experience in non-NFC mobile payments had a significant positive association with intention to adopt NFC mobile payment. Among the beliefs, consumers with higher trust and higher perceived usefulness about NFC mobile payment had greater intentions to adopt it. Moreover, trust was found to have a mediating effect between non-NFC mobile payment experience and the intention to adopt NFC mobile payment. This study not only provides mobile payment providers with effective marketing strategies to increase consumers' adoption of NFC mobile payment but also provides financial educators with important implications to develop targeted education programs.

Prompting Healthy Behavior via Text Messaging in Adolescents and Young Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. Preston ◽  
Tara A. Walhart ◽  
Ann L. O'Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Healthy Behavior
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