5 Apr 2023

Using emojis instead of words isn't a great idea online

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 5 April 2023

If you love using emojis to communicate online - it's a big thumbs down from researchers looking at electronic transactions. 

Monash University researchers found that using emojis rather than words to complete sentences is actually a turn off for potential customers or people trading online.

It was worse when non-face emojis were used as well.

To explain this all further, Dr  Bhoomija Ranjan from Monash Business School talks to Jesse.

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