Assessing the Meaning of Emojis for Emotional Awareness - A Pilot Study

Brants, Wesley; Sharif, Bonita; Serebrenik, Alexander

doi:10.1145/3308560.3316550

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“…Emotional connotations associated with emojis may vary demographically and are not yet fully understood. 35 Therefore, it is important to understand how an emoji makes target users feel before implementing it in the design of important medical data-visualizations should support a positive outlook, as this affects quality of life in HF patients. 36 Additionally, when possible, numbers ("91% pacing") may be more helpful than words alone ("below ideal").…”

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Visualization of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Data for Older Adults Using Participatory Design

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Patients with heart failure (HF) are commonly implanted with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices as part of their treatment. Presently, they cannot directly access the remote monitoring (RM) data generated from these devices, representing a missed opportunity for increased knowledge and engagement in care. However, electronic health data sharing can create information overload issues for both clinicians and patients, and some older patients may not be comfortable using the technology (i.e., computers and smartphones) necessary to access this data. To mitigate these problems, patients can be directly involved in the creation of data visualization tailored to their preferences and needs, allowing them to successfully interpret and act upon their health data. We held a participatory design (PD) session with seven adult patients with HF and CRT device implants, who were presently undergoing RM, along with two informal caregivers. Working in three teams, participants used drawing supplies and design cards to design a prototype for a patient-facing dashboard with which they could engage with their device data. Information that patients rated as a high priority for the “Main Dashboard” screen included average percent pacing with alerts for abnormal pacing, other device information such as battery life and recorded events, and information about who to contact with for data-related questions. Preferences for inclusion in an “Additional Information” display included a daily pacing chart, health tips, aborted shocks, a symptom list, and a journal. These results informed the creation of an actual dashboard prototype which was later evaluated by both patients and clinicians. Additionally, important insights were gleaned regarding the involvement of older patients in PD for health technology.

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Visualization of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Data for Older Adults Using Participatory Design

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“…Brants al. [20] found a high agreement in the meaning for some emoji, such as pouting face ( ), crying face…”

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“…An in-depth exploration of t measured-if emotions or broader agree in how they interpret the m shared agreement in the meaning [18,19] on the meaning of 33 facia emotion word, emoji that are assoc associated with different moods an et al [20] found a high agreement i…”

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“…) described in the literature as expressing "anger," characterized by negative valence and high arousal [19,20]. The emotion "anger" is also high in the power dimension [25].…”

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“…Intensive research by Jaeger, Ares and colleagues [18,19] on the meaning of 33 facial emoji found that there are emoji strongly associated with one emotion word, emoji that are associated with several but related emotions/moods and emoji that are associated with different moods and emotions, indicating multiple and unrelated meanings. Brants et al [20] found a high agreement in the meaning for some emoji, such as pouting face ( The experimental setups of the projective mapping and CATA task are shown in Figure 2a,b.…”

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The Meaning of Emoji to Describe Food Experiences in Pre-Adolescents

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Ongoing research has shown that emoji can be used by children to discriminate food products, but it is unclear if they express emotions and how they are linked to emotional words. Little is known about how children interpret emoji in terms of their emotional meaning in the context of food. This study aimed at investigating the emotional meaning of emoji used to describe food experiences in 9–13-year-old pre-adolescents and to measure related age and gender differences. The meaning of 46 emoji used to describe food experience was explored by: mapping emoji according to similarities and differences in their emotional meaning using the projective mapping technique, and linking emoji with emotion words using a check-all-that-apply (CATA) format. The two tasks gave consistent results and showed that emoji were discriminated along the valence (positive vs. negative) and power (dominant vs. submissive) dimension, and to a lower extent along the arousal dimension (high vs. low activation). In general, negative emoji had more distinct meanings than positive emoji in both studies, but differences in nuances of meaning were found also among positive emoji. Girls and older pre-adolescents (12–13 years old (y.o.)) discriminated positive emoji slightly better than boys and younger pre-adolescents (9–11 y.o.). This suggests that girls and older pre-adolescents may be higher in emotional granularity (the ability to experience and discriminate emotions), particularly of positive emotions. The results of the present work can be used for the development of an emoji-based tool to measure emotions elicited by foods in pre-adolescents.

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