Keyword: «emoticon»

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.

The article is devoted to the analysis of conflictogenic nonverbal signals, most often found in the correspondence of the Internet messenger Whatsapp. The purpose of the study is to identify potentially conflicting ways of nonverbal communication in correspondence. Chats with correspondence of parents and school teachers are analyzed. Negative nonverbal signals were revealed, manifested in the use of capital letters, a number of exclamation or question marks, emojis depicting anger, etc.