You are about to send a text message. Should you express an emotion with words or an emoji? According to Aristotle, we have nine basic emotions: anger, friendship, fear, shame, kindness, pity, ...

Text messages and chats online can include a combination of words, pictures and emoji to convey a message. Words and pictures can be easy to understand, but when someone sends emoji you might feel ...

Facebook has rolled out a new library of emojis for its messaging app that adds a new layer of expression to the commonly-used images: sound effects. Facebook calls these Soundmoji, explaining that ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -That smiley emoji face could mean anything but happy. It seems people are using positive emojis when they want to mask negative feelings. Scientists say just like facial ...

Apple’s nerd face emoji could undergo a major redesign—that is, if an English schoolboy gets his way. According to the BBC, 10-year-old Teddy Cottlel has launched a petition to change the popular icon ...

Facebook has created a library of sound bites that are pretty fun to snack on. In July, the social media company introduced "soundmojis": A menu of emoji in Facebook's chat application Messenger that ...