The iconic yellow smiley face has an interesting story behind it - and it was around long before the emoticon. In 1963, comic artist and graphic designer Harvey Ball was commissioned by an ...

Text messages and chats online can include ... on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each different colored ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts ... been the first to use an emoticon Whilst explaining the ...

Researchers at Amsterdam University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Haifa recently teamed up to investigate the effect of smileys and similar emoticons on ...