Keyword: «emoji»
The article is devoted to the issues of use of smiles (emoji) in modern communication. The pros and cons of returning people to communication by means of pictures and signs, their role and influence are considered.
The purpose of the article is to consider the semantics and functioning of emojis in tweets (quick messages) of Japanese users of the social network Twitter. When analyzing the material, the method of sentiment analysis, observation and systematization was used. Using these methods, emojis were divided into three groups by semantics and five groups by functioning.