Text messages codes and digital communication

Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology
Text messages codes and digital communication
It is true that much of the communication is non-verbal and nowadays the majority of the
individuals are using the emojis at the time of mailing or texting. The use of Emoji can be one of
the biggest communication breakthroughs that create confusion among the people (Suresh,
2018). Therefore, it can be stated that text message codes such as LOL (Laugh out loud) cannot
be much effective in digital communication at the time of e-mailing and texting.
It is because the communication done through emails can be professional and to use Emojies at
the time of texting can create complexity for the other person to understand the exact or accurate
information. The one symbol such as LOL indicates many messages which can sometimes create
confusion in the mind of the second person. It can be stated that the second person can get
confused that what exactly the first person wants to say. Such as the message conveyed by the
individual with the use of the Emoji can depict as a smiling face (crying tear of joy) but on the
other hand, it can also be considered as uncontrollable laughter, so it creates confusion at the
time of texting (An et al., 2018).
Yes, there are many cases when the digital messages have been misunderstood. One of the
incidents that can be explained is related to the emotions used at the time of communicating
through texts on the digital platform (Seyednezhad and Menezes, 2017). The best friend
informed me about her marriage with the man he wanted to get married. At that time it was a
surprise for me as he suddenly informed about this news, so at that time I used dizzy emoji with
the crossed eye. This has led to confusion and created misunderstanding between us. She asked
me that you are happy or not of the news given by me, as according to her the use of Dizzy emoji
with the crossed eyes is often used to me “Dead" But according to me it can also represent the
symbol of showing surprise. So, this has created confusion between us and due to the use of
emoji the flow of communication was affected. By considering this incident, I think that the root
cause of miscommunication was the use of dizzy emoji. So, when the confusion enhanced and
we were not able to clarify our thoughts through digital communication, the best solution at that
time was to call her, which was done by me. The phone call was the best solution considered to
clarify the views and opinions with respect to the good news given by my friend.
Yes, to represent the emotion of true friendship, there should be the emoji of it for the users. The
emoji of two girls with holding hand is present but it again conveys the wrong information to the
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