Mediated emotions
Emotivity in the age of information and communication technologies
The construction and sharing of emotions is one of the main functions of
computer-mediated communication. This article summarizes linguistic findings
on the communication of emotions and emotional communication in information
and communication technologies (ICT) and computer-mediated communication
(CMC).
First, the main features and functions of CMC in general are explored,
addressing the lack of nonverbal and paralinguistic cues in CMC and its
implications for emotional communication, popular deviations from standard
language, emoticons, communicative norms and multimodal aspects. A discussion
of selected communicative genres (e.g. blogs) discloses different patterns
of emotionality. Finally, three aspects of relationships in an online environment
are referenced: managing online identities (e.g. through avatars), managing
amicable and romantic relationships, and managing virtual communities.
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