Emoji can facilitate recognition of conveyed indirect meaning.

PLoS One · 2020 · PMC7192449 · PMID 32353045

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Simple effects analyses indicated that Emoji Condition was significant for opinions, F (2, 658.38) = 8.27, and request refusals, F (2, 653.96) = 8.95 and marginally significant for disclosures, F (2, 731.30) = 2.32, p < .10.

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