“Nice Picture Comment!” Graphicons in Facebook Comment Threads

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dc.contributor.authorHerring, Susan
dc.contributor.authorDainas, Ashley
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T00:52:55Z
dc.date.available2016-12-29T00:52:55Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-04
dc.description.abstractFacebook has increasingly incorporated graphical means of communication such as emoticons, emoji, stickers, GIFs, images, and videos (‘graphicons’) into comment threads. Adapting methods of computer‐ mediated discourse analysis, we analyze the frequency and pragmatic functions of each graphicon type in threads sampled from public graphicon-focused Facebook groups. Six main functions emerged from the data: mention, reaction, tone modification, riffing, action, and narrative sequence. Reaction was most common, and emoji expressed the widest array of functions. We propose structural, social, and technical explanations for variation in graphicon use, and suggest improvements for the design of conversational graphical elements in social media systems.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2017.264
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/41419
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectconversation
dc.subjectemoji
dc.subjectemoticons
dc.subjectGIFs
dc.subjectimages
dc.subjectstickers
dc.subjectvideo
dc.title“Nice Picture Comment!” Graphicons in Facebook Comment Threads
dc.typeConference Paper
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