Why and How Do You Use Emoticons?


Do you use emoticons or other symbols to provide additional meaning to the text of your words?
Yes
No

Why/why not?

How? (emoticons, text markers such as *..*, other (please explain))
When?
only in personal communications
only when it's very important to convey additional meaning
Other
Other comments?

Personal information ... it's helpful when trying to understand people's different answers, but if you don't want to answer anything, just skip it.

Age:

Sex: Male; Female

In school: No; High School; College

Finished: High School (GED counts); Associate's; Bachelor's; Master's; More; Less

Computer literacy:
just enough to get here
comfortable
hacker-capable

Work:
Yes and happy
No and happy
Yes and unhappy
No and unhappy
Blue Collar; White Collar; Other

Other comments?



Thank you for taking the time to complete and send this information. As I get input, I'll add it to the Beyond Words page.

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created Feb. 18
by Liz Lavallee © 1996