Kayla

Age:  15                              Sex:        Female                           Occupation: student

Question 1: How often do you use the emojis reflected in your “frequently used?”

 "For the first 10 or so I use them throughout the day in different conversations. The rest of them are ones I'll used every once in a while, or I just used them once and now they are there."

 Question 2: Pick three of your “frequently used” emojis and tell us what they mean to you and in what context you use them.

 "I mostly use the crying laughter face, the crying face and the annoyed looking face. The crying laughter emoji for is mostly when someone says something that is either genuinely funny, or I just have no response to what they said. The crying, tears streaming down face is mostly used when I'm disappointed about something, like if I missed a new show or someone. The annoyed face is for when I'm being petty."

 Question 3: Looking at your “frequently used” emojis, what would you say they are communicating about where you are in life/what you’re currently going through?

 "Well because I'm a teenager they're generally used in the "well she's a teen they're always texting" sort of way, but in general I don't really use them to represent where I am in life. Only the hearts would probably be used, just because I think that if the conversation is something serious, then emoji's are a little immature."

 Question 4: Are these emojis an accurate representation of you at this moment? Why or why not?

"They are an accurate representation of emotion and/or thoughts that I've felt, but they definitely don't represent me as a whole. They could if you were to use like 30 emojis, but generally they dot really represent me."