Letter to the Editor: The Role of Emojis in E-Learning

Document Type : Letter to the Editor

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1 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Faculty of Management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of information science and knowladge studies Faculty of Education and Psychology Alzahra university Vanak,Tehran,Iran

Abstract

Today, with the advent of computers, smartphones and communication networks, telecommunications have become more widespread than ever, meaning that computermediated communication (CMC) has now been formed (1), and it is largely text-based (2). In this type of communication, it is not always possible for people to fully express themselves, or there might be ambiguities in the messages that they receive. In other words, a receiver’s interpretation of a text might be semantically different from what the sender intends, and there is no semantic affinity. The most important factor could be the lack of non-verbal cues which can affect the transmission of information (3). Therefore, more time and further messaging are required to communicate the intended meaning (1, 4). Distance education is no exception to this rule and could even be much more challenging than regular distance communication.

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences
Volume 11, Issue 3
September 2020
Pages 204-205

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