Nicole

Age:            27                    Sex:           F                        Occupation: Civil Engineer

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

 "The emojis are a mix of frequently used and emojis I have used recently."

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

 "My top three frequently used emojis are the kissing heart emoji, waving hands and blushing emoji, and pondering face with hand on face emoji.  I use them to express affection, excitement, and curiosity, respectively.  They mean that I love someone or want to show someone love, that I am excited for someone else or for myself, and I am questioning something someone said or something in the communication chain."

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?

 "I believe that there is little correlation between what is uniquely happening in my life currently, and my frequently used emojis.  However, I do feel like they can be used to represent my personality.  I have several frequently used emojis with hearts, which represent that I am caring and loving.  I also use a lot of emojis that represent shame or doubt, such as the face palm and rolling eyes emojis.  I believe that these would not change depending on my life events because these represent my typical range of emotions."

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

 "I believe that my frequently used emojis can be used as a representation of myself at this time; however, I believe that people can only make that interpretation of themselves.  My frequently used emojis represent me well; however, that is based on my interpretation of the emojis.  Someone else may view my frequently used emojis and think that they do not represent me or have a different idea of who I am because they interpret the emojis differently.  When communicating with images, there is a lot of room for loose interpretation."