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Emoji Trends Between Abnormal Usage and Cultural Differences: A Case Study of Emojis

Authors:
Ahmed Almohanadi
Shohei Tokyo Yokoyama

Keywords: Emoji; Twitter; Clustering; Geolocation Data; Data Analysis.

Abstract:
Emojis can be used to understand people's emotions through non-lexical language around the world, and through different techniques, they can be used to study and understand people's trends and cultural traits and gauge abnormal activities or events. This paper analyzes a monthly data period consisting of multiple activities where unique trends and abnormal emojis are highly likely to occur. An established method has been created, and map projection was used to establish this relation. We found interesting cultural traits, special events, and coronavirus pandemic-related emojis projected on a clustered map, showing a strong relation between certain emojis and specific regions. All these are common emojis that can be seen daily and unique emojis that appear in special events.

Pages: 12 to 15

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: November 13, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9294

ISBN: 978-1-68558-103-9

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 13, 2023 to November 17, 2023