"Emoticons are used to convey different emotions ... The researchers include Rachael E. Jack, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK; Caroline Blais, Universite´ de Montreal, Montreal ...

look no further than the standard emoticons that pepper email in the west versus East Asia. "Happy" in the west is :-) but in the east is (^_^), points out University of Glasgow psychologist ...

Epic Games has updated Fortnite to let players block certain emotes it said were used in “confrontational ways.” The new 'Confrontational Emotes' setting, live as part of April 23’s v29.30 ...